Heath Ledger, 1979-2008

You've all probably heard the news, and some of you may even be feeling like I am, but I am deeply disturbed by the death of an actor I have seen in... oh, two films?

I was never one to snap up his new films whenever I saw them on the shelves of my local DVD shop, nor rush out to see his latest film on the big screen, and I will never profess to feel some deep seated connection to a man I never knew nor could ever understand. However, so some reason I just cannot comprehend, his passing is effecting me more than I thought it would.

Like many others, I was surprised by his casting in The Dark Knight, but instantly trusted that the right decision had been made. I had faith in him, and Chris Nolan, as Batman Begins was a real shock to me - a very good film that I didn't see coming. But I digress.

I can only reason that his death is effecting me so deeply because it seems to pointless. To quote a few people floating around the internet "I didn't see that coming." If he had been really sick, or some self-destructive victim of his own success, I could see it, but there just seems no real cause to this tragedy.

What a waste. My heart goes out to his daughter, to her future torment in seeing her father only in film. I only hope she has the strength to endure.

RIP Mr. Ledger, you deserved better.