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How Heath Ledger prepared to play the Joker

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Going slightly insane to play an insane person is the ultimate actor cliché, but Ledger took it terrifyingly far. He secluded himself in London, keeping a creepy diary filled with unhinged ramblings, news clippings, and pictures of hyenas. He spent weeks perfecting that horrifying voice and laugh, completely isolating himself just to make sure a guy in clown makeup felt genuinely threatening.

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