Heath Ledger's Iconic Performance in The Dark Knight

Inside History on Instagram: "Follow (us) @InsideHistory to learn something NEW everyday 🧠💫 At the 81st Academy Awards on February 22, 2009, Heath Ledger was posthumously awarded the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his legendary portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. When his name was announced, the entire audience rose in a standing ovation—an emotional tribute to a talent lost too soon. His father Kim, mother Sally, and sister Kate accepted the award on his behalf, delivering heartfe

Wealth | Business | Finance on Instagram: "During the hospital explosion scene in The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger’s Joker delivered one of cinema’s most iconic unscripted moments. As he walks away from the hospital, the detonator seems to malfunction. Ledger pauses, fiddling with it in character, before the final blast goes off — the delay wasn’t in the script. The moment was so natural and perfectly in tune with the Joker’s chaotic personality that Christopher Nolan kept it in the final cut. What