"I'm not supposed to be talking about this with you. This is not something that is supposed to be happening right now," musician Ben Harper says at the beginning of the new Spike TV documentary I Am Heath Ledger. "Some people are just bigger than the world has room for."
Harper, a close friend of the actor who died in 2008 of an accidental drug overdose, is one of several friends, peers and family members who discuss both the actor's singular talents and constant search for adventure and creative pursuits. The poignant film,...
Harper, a close friend of the actor who died in 2008 of an accidental drug overdose, is one of several friends, peers and family members who discuss both the actor's singular talents and constant search for adventure and creative pursuits. The poignant film,...
- 5/18/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Nine years after Heath Ledger’s death, members of his inner circle share memories of his zest for life and his troubled final days. Subscribe now for the emotional new details and never-before-seen photos — only in People.
Always with a camera in hand, Heath Ledger captured his nervous excitement on his first day of shooting 2000’s The Patriot.
In never-before-seen footage, debuted exclusively on People and included in the upcoming Spike TV documentary I Am Heath Ledger, the actor films himself alone in his trailer on his first day of shooting, talking about the long months of anticipation he endured...
Always with a camera in hand, Heath Ledger captured his nervous excitement on his first day of shooting 2000’s The Patriot.
In never-before-seen footage, debuted exclusively on People and included in the upcoming Spike TV documentary I Am Heath Ledger, the actor films himself alone in his trailer on his first day of shooting, talking about the long months of anticipation he endured...
- 4/12/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Heath Ledger's legacy lives on in a new documentary that has the approval of the actor's friends and family.
Nine years after his death, Spike TV's I Am Heath Ledger shows never-before-seen home movies of the actor, and features interviews from those that who part of his inner circle. Ledger, who would have turned 38 on April 4, died of "acute intoxication" by mixing prescription drugs, according to the New York coroner's report. His death was determined to have been accidental.
Watch: Heath Ledger's Father Says Sister Warned Actor About Mixing Drugs
Ledger's sister, Kate, tells People that the documentary is of big importance to her brother's 11-year-old daughter, Matilda. "You can tell her about things, but with her being able to visually see his movement and his expressions, it’s almost like he had actually filmed the documentary himself and pieced it together for her," she says of her niece. “Everything she does...
Nine years after his death, Spike TV's I Am Heath Ledger shows never-before-seen home movies of the actor, and features interviews from those that who part of his inner circle. Ledger, who would have turned 38 on April 4, died of "acute intoxication" by mixing prescription drugs, according to the New York coroner's report. His death was determined to have been accidental.
Watch: Heath Ledger's Father Says Sister Warned Actor About Mixing Drugs
Ledger's sister, Kate, tells People that the documentary is of big importance to her brother's 11-year-old daughter, Matilda. "You can tell her about things, but with her being able to visually see his movement and his expressions, it’s almost like he had actually filmed the documentary himself and pieced it together for her," she says of her niece. “Everything she does...
- 4/12/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
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