Heath Ledger Archives

Matilda Ledger rides a scooter on her way to a coffee shop and to school on Friday (October 30).

While mom Michelle Williams chatted with friends after buying her coffee, Matilda, 4, petted a friendly dog. Michelle kept a close watch over Matilda and held her hand as they crossed the street.

Heath Ledger’s final film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, made its debut in the UK this week and will hit theaters in the US on December 25. The box office gross in Italy was the country’s third highest this year!

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Matilda Ledger swings from the hands of her mom Michelle Williams as they head to their local coffee shop for breakfast on Sunday (August 30).

Emile Hirsch plays a Vietnam vet in the upcoming Taking Woodstock and remembers being inspired by Michelle’s ex, Heath Ledger. The 24-year-old actor told Parade, “As soon as I heard [director] Ang Lee was interested in me, I knew I was going to do the film even before I got the script. I’ve been a fan of Ang ever since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which I absolutely adored. And of course Brokeback Mountain just blew me away. I’ll always remember talking to Heath just after he finished that movie and he was going on about working with Ang and how incredible he was.”

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Check out the newly released trailer for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus!

Heath Ledger had completed about half of his work performing the role of Tony the Terry Gilliam-directed film. His role was recast with Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell portraying transformations of Tony as he travels through a dream world.

Imaginarium has a UK release date of October 16 and a US release date of December 25.

Michelle Williams and her daughter Matilda Rose, 3, pick up a few sweet treats at Blue Marble Ice Cream on Monday (July 27) in Brooklyn, New York City.

The mother-daughter pair picked up farm fresh organic ice cream cones and was accompanied by Matilda’s grandpa Kim Ledger and aunt Kate Ledger.

Later, Matilda was seen tickling her grandpa with a leaf. So cute!

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Heath Ledger’s final days are chronicled in Peter Biskind’s cover story, “The Last of Heath,” in the August 2009 issue of Vanity Fair, on NY/LA stands July 1 and nationally July 7.

“[Heath] was ready to bust out of the gate, but he didn’t want to step on the gas and become something that he didn’t want to become: a matinee idol,” Heath’s friend and agent, Steven Alexander, told Vanity Fair. “He was a private person, and he didn’t want to share his personal history with the press. It just wasn’t up for sale. That’s part of the reason he initially tore down his career. He wasn’t motivated by money or stardom, but by the respect of his peers, and for people to walk out of a movie theater after they’d seen something that he’d worked on and say, ‘Wow, he really disappeared into that character.’ He was striving to become an ‘illusionist,’ as he called it, able to create characters that weren’t there.”

Check out the full article at VanityFair.com.

Michelle Williams plays peek-a-boo with her daughter Matilda as they play in the park in New York City on Saturday (May 23).

The cutie-pie turns four in October! Both Michelle and Matilda enjoyed the beautiful New York weather in simple sundresses.

Looks like Matilda loves riding her scooter! She was seen riding here and here!

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Matilda Ledger gets a ride on the shoulders of a friend in Brooklyn, New York City on Friday (May 22).

The 3-year-old cutie also did a little dance in her blue dress!

Mom, Michelle Williams, was with her daughter, as she enjoyed her morning coffee. The 28-year-old actress has currently been filming for her new film, Blue Valentine, with co-star Ryan Gosling.

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was one of the most anticipated film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival because it’s the last one from the late Heath Ledger.

Colleagues Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell pitched in to finish the film, which ends with the on-screen credit: “A Film From Heath Ledger and Friends”. Here are the film’s first reviews:

Hollywood Reporter: The first big question about [director Terry Gilliam] managed to complete the film when his star Heath Ledger died in the middle of shooting. The answer is with great imagination and skill… The three stars that came to Gilliam’s rescue also make amusing contributions but it’s hard not to wonder how much better the film would have been with a complete performance by the charismatic and adventurous Ledger.”

Variety: “Especially considering the trauma and difficulties stemming from Heath Ledger’s death during production and the fact that Terry Gilliam hadn’t directed a good picture in more than a decade, the helmer has made a pretty good thing out of a very bad situation in Imaginarium.”

The projected theatrical release for Imaginarium is Friday, June 6.