Khoakin Phoenix decided to reveal about Ledger’s hit: even the Cheaters Will Cry

Then he refused – and, as the actor admits himself, he acted correctly. Otherwise the world could never have seen the one who is now considered the best Jocker of all time.

In the podcast of Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, the 50-year-old Phoenix admitted that in the mid-2000s he negotiated with Christopher Nolan about the role of Joker in the “Dark Knight”-the film, who eventually gave the world the big Hita Ledger. Phoenix explained: “I spoke with Chris Nolan about the” Dark Knight “, but for some reason it didn’t work.”

Then the Phoenix did not feel his willingness to take on the next role:

“I was not ready at the time. This is one of those cases where you understand that it is not a matter of you. There is something else. There is another person who should do this … I cannot imagine what everything looked like if we did not have the implementation of ledger.”

This is not the first time that Phoenix has publicly paying tribute to ledger. In January 2020, receiving the US Award Award for the best male role in the movie “Joker”, he said:

“In fact, I am here only thanks to my beloved actor – Hita Ledger.”

A month later, in February 2020, Phoenix also received an Oscar for the same role. Then he devoted part of his speech to thoughts about human weaknesses and mistakes:

“I was a bastard all my life. I was selfish. It was difficult for me. It was difficult to work with me. And I am grateful that many of you gave me a second chance.”

Phoenix added:

“I think we show the best in ourselves when we help each other. Not when we cancel about mistakes from the past, but when we help grow when we learn when we lead each other to redeem. This is the essence of humanity.”

To date, Phoenix is the only actor who plays the Joker, who received the Oscar, the Golden Globe and Bafta for this. Ledger was awarded posthumously Oscar and Bafta for the “Dark Knight”.