Christian Bale Misses Heath Ledger

Written on June 25, 2008 – 6:43 pm | by tay
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In the latest issue of Parade magazine, Christian Bale talks about him missing his co-star, Heath Ledger.

“I want to talk about Heath…When you miss somebody, you want to speak about him.”

“He was a unique character, a very infectious character. He was a good man, and I was glad to have spent time with him. He was somebody who I’d been seeing on a daily basis for months,” Bale says in Parade. “It takes a long time to accept that someone’s gone, when all body and mind are telling you that this is somebody you will know for a great deal of time. He was something of a kindred spirit to myself.”

Why has Bale chosen to openly discuss such a painful loss?

“Much of it has to do with my respect for his daughter, whom he loved so dearly and whom he would talk about so often. For me, that is of incredible importance.”

I thought it was really ironic that I saw this today…Earlier today I went to get another tattoo…this was by someone I actually knew from a couple of years ago. I told him what I did now for a job and he said to me…I did one of Heath Ledger’s tattoo’s. I was floored to think that he knew Heath. For the next hour he shared stories about how humble Heath was and how funny he was too. It was a surreal experience to know that this guy tattooed him. I thank Paul for sharing the stories with me…I almost went out of there crying. Not because my tattoo was killing me but because I got to share a piece of Heath with him. I still miss Heath terribly. I didn’t know him personally but he was one of my favorite actors.