Ledger's Dad -- Thinking About an Oscar Speech

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Speak for yourself, Eric. Heath was brilliant in Brokeback Mountain. I'm a straight as they come woman and his part in that movie (or Jake Gyllenhaal's) didn't make me think of anything in his next movies. He's an actor, it's just a role in a movie for chrissakes. Your inner homophobe is talking, baby. Tell it to simmah down.

Posted at 12:11AM on Feb 20th 2009 by Jaguar

32. First of all, what I wanna know is...all of you that are raggin on Heath for what happened to him should be ashamed of yourselves. This was a 28-year-old man that lost his life in a very tragic way. He was a son, a brother, a father, and a friend. He was a human being. And for other *so-called* human beings to come on here and say things like "oh boo hoo let's feel sorry for the guy that Od'ed," let me ask you this: what if it was your son, your brother, your father, or your best friend? Would you still feel the same way? I highly doubt it, unless you really are the heartless troll you're acting like.

Secondly, I don't think Michelle Williams should have any say in the matter. Granted she is Matilda's mother, but that's as far as it goes. She has no other ties to Heath, they weren't together, so she needs to live her life and let his family have their time to celebrate his life in a way that they see fit. Personally, I plan to watch The Oscars for the first time in I don't even know how many years, just to see if Heath wins or not. If he does, I will be disgusted if they let Michelle accept the award on his behalf. If it were me, and personally what I'd like to see is; have his father come out and accept the award with Matilda. How hard is that? She should be there. He would want BOTH of them there, regardless of what you people on here are saying about his father.

Attention whore, creeper, whatever else you want to call this man, he was Heath's father, and if you claim to be a fan of Heath's in any way shape or form, then you should NOT disrespect his family that way. He wouldn't want someone thinking so lowly of his father or his family supporting him in any way. He loved his family, and they loved him. Whatever else they may be to whoever else, they are human beings too, and they are hurting over losing someone they loved so much.

So next time, think, take a deep breath, and count to ten before you start running your mouth and showing what asses you all are when you say these things. Nobody ever stops to put themselves in someone else's shoes. I'm glad I don't think like the vast majority of people on this website. I couldn't look at myself in the mirror if I were so immature or thoughtless.

Have some respect for the dead. And have some respect for their family that is still among the living. Don't act like you've never grieved over losing someone before. Imagine how you would've felt being called these things.

And those of you that come on here simply to rag on Heath and his performance, get your facts straight. Jake Gyllenhaal is set to be the next big thing after his new movie, "The Prince of Persia," comes out. So don't think Brokeback Mountain hurt his career either, because the hype already surrounding this movie is enormous.

Get a life, seriously. If the only thing you have to do to entertain yourselves is to bash on dead people, then our society is in worse shape than I thought. Go back to your high school musical or twilight fan boy messageboards and post there or something. I hate dealing with children when I try to read about something that interests me. Grow up.

Posted at 12:40AM on Feb 20th 2009 by LedgerHead

33. Damn, I thought this was Terry O Quinn from LOST, lol. Locke's clone!

Posted at 4:26AM on Feb 20th 2009 by dharma lostie

34. he WILL win and the oscar should go to his daughter his pops seems like he wants to be in the limelight and i hope he is not the one to give the speach

Posted at 8:58AM on Feb 20th 2009 by demis bicycle seat

35. The academy has already worked out the legalities should Heath win.
A family member, most likely his father, will accept.
Michelle will sign the papers to hold the Oscar until Matilda turns 18.
At which point, Matilda will sign the Academy papers and it will be transferred to her.
He'll win because he deserved it. Not because he passed. They were talking Oscar for this role before it even finished shooting; they knew he was that good in it.

Posted at 10:11AM on Feb 21st 2009 by Anon A Mouse

36. I am not sure where a lot of the comments here come from. Why would people even consider Michelle williams to accept the award. she is his ex. It makes no sense. If she wasn't famous none of this discussion would be happening, in fact people would be calling her an attention seeking whore for trying to accept an award of her ex-fiance. It should be his family that accepts the award, if matilda were older im sure the family would have wanted her to do it, but she is too young. As for his father, he is a guy who has just lost his son, he is proud of him and want the world to remeber him for his work and his dedication not that way in which he died, that is all that I see.
As for who get to keep the award if he gets it, I don't thiink anyone in the family had said taht it won't go to matilda, they have only said that they would be happy to have it until she is old enough.

Posted at 4:17PM on Feb 22nd 2009 by kat

37. What would a little baby want an oscar for? Matilda's Mum and Heath Parents have a good relationship, The oscar hardly matters in comparison to them continuing to have a meanigful relationship with each other.

Youd have to be crazy to say Heaths dad should not be accepting the award if he gets it. No parent should have to bury their 28 year child and get told they hogging some lime light, having his parents manage his legacy is only appropriate, he was an increadbly young, unmarried man, without children who are old enough to decide for themselves. Its fairly obvious that his family would rather have heath back.

Posted at 10:26PM on Feb 22nd 2009 by Chicken

38. by OHH 4 Gosh's Sake

Get your facts straight idiot. Ledger was considered a great actor before he died, Back in 2005 The New York times compared him to a young Brando plus 2 of his performances are listed by the AFI as among the 100 best of all time. Get over yourself, it's not Ledger's fault your life sucks.

Posted at 12:13PM on Feb 28th 2009 by Jack