Michael Caine recalled his strong reaction to the late Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker when they co-starred in the 2008 ...

Michael Caine, who played Alfred in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, wrote about Heath Ledger's Joker performance in ...

Then came the Joker. Heath Ledger’s take on the Clown Prince of Crime wasn’t just good. It was legendary. He redefined the role, making it terrifying, unpredictable, and impossible to look ...

In his memoir, Caine opens up about filming 'The Dark Knight' with Ledger, who died in 2008 Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for ...

Ask anyone to name their favorite acting performance in a superhero movie, and most will probably respond with Heath Ledger's Joker character in "The Dark Knight." Ledger, who died at 28 years old ...

Heath Ledger stunned the world with his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. The DC supervillain is presented much more realistically than he ever had before, but he retains as much menace ...

Michael Caine reflects on Heath Ledger's impressive and unsettling transformation into the Joker in The Dark Knight. Caine recalls Ledger's total immersion in the sinister role, which earned him a ...

very gentle and unassuming," Caine writes of Ledger. "I wondered how he was going to play the Joker, especially as Jack Nicholson’s take had been so iconic. Brilliantly, Heath ramped up the ...

Heath Ledger's performance in Christopher Nolan's 2008 blockbuster The Dark Knight is widely considered to be the best portrayal of the Joker. No offence to Joaquin Pheonix, Mark Hamill or Jack ...

Heath Ledger and Michael Caine. CREDIT: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage and Karwai Tang/WireImage Caine, who played Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred in the movie, recalled working with him in his book Don ...