Christopher Nolan, director of the project, faced a lot of backlash over casting Ledger, as the vast majority of fans and critics didn’t believe it would work. The main reason was that the Joker is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Joker (Heath Ledger) holds up a "Joker" playing card in The Dark Night. In the vast history of comic books, there hasn’t been ...

Michael Caine reflected on working with the late Heath Ledger during the filming of the 2008 film "The Dark Knight." In his new memoir, "Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over," the 92-year-old actor ...

Every interpretation of the Joker for nearly 85 years has added something to the character’s mythology. One of the most memorable was the late Heath Ledger’s “Glasgow smile,” which is The Dark ...