Nestor Carbonell tells a great story of Heath Ledger improvising the jail scene in The Dark Knight.

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when it comes to the legendary performance obviously of of Heath Ledger when did you know like when you're looking at that scene you're watching him do his stuff did you know you're watching something pretty special I I did and and I'll tell you because I didn't have much interaction with him but I did have that scene where you know I make Gordon the commissioner you know and and Heath is in you know he's in the cage um and he did improvise that I remember he improvised the clapping and I go wow that's a genius choice that is just so on point I go this guys he's in it you know he's he's not performing he's he's in this character so that's you know and even when I talked to him briefly you know when I introduced myself and you know I talked to him briefly you know he was very nice really polite but but I was like I could tell he was like oh he's in a heads space I'm gonna leave him alone because he's he's he's there and he's really he's really there I go fantastic you know and uh so yeah you could tell I mean you know you you never know with these things how how they how they work out I remember you know reading the you know his role thinking yes this is a magical role uh what he did with it was just as we all know it's extraordinary yeah there were rumors obviously for a long time that he was method on set but you're saying when you introduced yourself he was Heath in that moment oh yeah yeah and he was lovely he was he was sweet and I know he he I think he was listening to quite a bit of music as well um you know um but I think he was he was very much trying to you know stay within the bounds of that character as much as he could uh you know was my guess you know but uh but no he was lovely when when we talked and uh um yeah really really sweet you know that's what everyone else who worked with him you know you know more of an experience with him than me yeah they all said yeah

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