Heath Ledger's Joker character for "The Dark Knight" earned the deceased actor a posthumous Oscar award in 2009.
However, according to Moviepilot, his family had serious hesitations with accepting the trophy, considering what happened allegedly because of his full immersion in the character.
"Too Young To Die," the recent documentary that talked about Ledger's immersion in the iconic role, revealed some very disturbing details about his journey into becoming Batman's mortal enemy.
According to The Journal, Ledger "brought the iconic comic book character to life in the most terrifying way imaginable."
In order to do this, he reportedly locked himself in a hotel room, and later his apartment, for about a month and his diary revealed what went on his head during that time. He also included all the unsettling influences he drew his inspiration from.
Moviepilot noted that Heath Ledger's main Joker reference point was the sociopath Alex DeLarge from Stanley Kubrick's 1971 masterpiece "A Clockworth Orange." Director Christopher Nolan reportedly also drew inspiration from the same character.
Another disconcerting part of the late actor was his list of the things that made him laugh (as the sociopath Joker).
"Things that make me laugh: blind babies, land mines, AIDS, beloved pets in bad road accidents, statistics, pencil cases, brunch, the periodic table of the elements," his notes read.
The last page of the book had "bye bye" scrawled across the page, somewhat a prophetic message of his then eventual death.
Speculations are still ripe that his full immersion into the role ended with some psychological side-effects that never recovered from.
Even his family believed that Heath Ledger and Joker merged as one for the film.
"There were just so many of Heath's personal nuances that we could see as a family and we could laugh at because we knew his sense of humor was really coming out in that character the whole time," his father, Kim shared in "Too Young To Die."
See his diary in the clip below.
