Our Heath....
Is it just me or does everyone suspect that fame and fortune are not all they’re cracked up to be?
Heath Ledger has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment. Alone, and surrounded by pills, he was discovered by his housekeeper when a massuese arrived for an appointment.
Not that long ago, Heath Ledger was just a kid from Perth. His mum is a French teacher his dad is a race car driver and a mining engineer. They split up when Heath was 10.
He went to Mary’s Mount Primary School and Guildford Grammar. He was a pretty good hockey player and led the school to its first and only Rock Eisteddfod victory!
He did some local tv, and met a slightly older actor called Martin Henderson. Before he finished school he left and headed to Sydney with his best mate to bunk on the floor at Martin’s house.
That was in 1996 and it wasn’t long before Heath got a break. He was in a short lived Foxtel thing called Roar quickly followed by a couple of no name Australian movies.
His big break though was probably Two Hands with Bryan Brown. That got him noticed in America and he did Ten things I hate about you with Julia Stiles.
After that, teen movie offers started pouring in and he turned them all down. He lived on the bread line for a year before finally being asked to audition for the role of Mel Gibson’s son in The Patriot.
And I guess the rest is history. Very selective with his movies. A great actor (That's what I think anyway). Cranky with the media. Dead at 28.
Rest in peace.
Heath Ledger has been found dead in a Manhattan apartment. Alone, and surrounded by pills, he was discovered by his housekeeper when a massuese arrived for an appointment.
Not that long ago, Heath Ledger was just a kid from Perth. His mum is a French teacher his dad is a race car driver and a mining engineer. They split up when Heath was 10.
He went to Mary’s Mount Primary School and Guildford Grammar. He was a pretty good hockey player and led the school to its first and only Rock Eisteddfod victory!
He did some local tv, and met a slightly older actor called Martin Henderson. Before he finished school he left and headed to Sydney with his best mate to bunk on the floor at Martin’s house.
That was in 1996 and it wasn’t long before Heath got a break. He was in a short lived Foxtel thing called Roar quickly followed by a couple of no name Australian movies.
His big break though was probably Two Hands with Bryan Brown. That got him noticed in America and he did Ten things I hate about you with Julia Stiles.
After that, teen movie offers started pouring in and he turned them all down. He lived on the bread line for a year before finally being asked to audition for the role of Mel Gibson’s son in The Patriot.
And I guess the rest is history. Very selective with his movies. A great actor (That's what I think anyway). Cranky with the media. Dead at 28.
Rest in peace.
posted by Caroline Hutchinson at 9:50 AM
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