On suffering, art, and an unfortunate death

[mr_antrobus]

Originally posted as part of a discussion thread over on Indiana Auditions:

It seems, based on a recent and now much-repeated interview that the late Heath Ledger gave The New York Times, that he may have started on sleep aids and/or anti-anxiety medication because of the stress and disturbing nature of his performance as the depraved Joker in The

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[belindashort]

The Christian Bale (in the machinist) thing had me dumbstruck, mainly because he chose to do it and was never asked to...he just showed up on set that way and scared the hell out of everyone.