記得第一次看到希斯·萊杰還是在2001年，當(dāng)時就因為這個有著燦爛笑容的澳州金發(fā)少年居然讓原本無比挑剔的我看完了平淡如水的《騎士傳奇》，并深信：假以時日，他必定在好萊塢大放異彩。果然，《格林兄弟》、《卡薩諾瓦》、《斷背山》接踵而來，直至《蝙蝠俠6：黑暗騎士》為他短暫而輝煌的一生添上了最濃重而絢麗的色彩?！厄饌b6》上映了，好評如潮，演出很精彩，可惜你不在！

It’s July 2007， in downtown Chicago， and the actor was originally scheduled to be shooting a scene in which he uses a pencil as a 1)lethal weapon. But the sequence has been postponed， and Ledger has the day off. Instead， we’re watching the cameras roll on a somewhat less 2)riveting moment in The Dark Knight: Billionaire Bruce Wayne， exhausted from his late-night crime-fighting 3)escapades， slumps into a a chair and falls asleep in the middle of a business meeting. That’s right， we’re watching Batman 4)take a nap.

No matter. Ledger is all over this set in another way—he’s all that anyone working on the movie wants to talk about. Director Christopher Nolan calls Ledger’s acting in the film “fearless.” Christian Bale， the Caped Crusader himself， says it’s “intense—a superb performance.” And 5)Morgan Freeman， who plays inventor Lucius Fox， 6)chimes in with a simple “extraordinary.” Even before a single frame of the film has been seen， Ledger’s twisted turn as the Joker—a part once played by no less an icon than 7)Jack Nicholson—is already building buzz as a dazzling， demented

8)tour de force.

“The guy has serious nuts，” Nolan says. “What I need was someone who wouldn’t be afraid of the comparison with Jack Nicholson. And then I saw Heath’s incredible performance in Brokeback Mountain. Such a lack of vanity. This was an actor who wasn’t afraid to bury himself in his character—to a massive extent.”

Nolan was right: Ledger was fearless. The actor seemed to have no misgivings at all about trespassing on Jack’s old 9)turf. On the contrary， Ledger’s 10)feral take on the Joker make Nicholson’s more gentlemanly clown in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman look about as scary as 11)Cesar Romero. Of course， at the time—the summer of 2006—Ledger had reason to be confident. He’d just been nominated for his first Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain. A major role in a big studio franchise was the next logical step for Ledger’s career.

Nolan and Ledger 12)hit it off from the start. “We had the same take on the character，” the director says. “We didn’t have a script yet， but we had ideas. The idea of 13)anarchy as an absolute. The idea of chaos as the most frightening thing to society. The idea of a motiveless criminal， somebody who just wants to watch the world burn.” Some of those ideas were pretty 14)radical for a summer tentpole with a reported budget of $180 million. The Joker， for instance， is given no backstory in the film; he simply bursts into Gotham with the terrifying randomness of a 15)drive-by killer. Even as Nolan started folding those ideas into an actual script， Ledger was already slipping into the character’s skin. He spent months working with a voice coach 16)finetuning the Joker’s cackling 17)cadence. Ledger also gave plenty of thought to the makeup that would be splattered across his face throughout the film.

As the cameras started rolling in April 2007， Ledger continued to dig into the Joker’s coiled psyche. 18)Gary Oldman， who’s played a few nutjobs himself， recalls， “Heath is sort of looking at me， kind of under his brow， and then he just starts clapping. I remember going over to him between takes and saying， ‘You know， you remind me of Alex from A Clockwork Orange.’ And Heath said， ‘Yeah， yeah， yeah. Funnily enough， I was just watching that movie in my 19)trailer.’”

As serious a journey as Ledger took into the character， though， nobody recalls seeing the actor fall down any mental rabbit holes. Contrary to the speculation after his death， his work on The Dark Knight didn’t appear to 20)ruffle Ledger’s psychological health in the slightest. “Heath got the same kick out of acting that I do，” Bale says. “He enjoyed the sort of crazy immersion of acting. He took it incredibly seriously but simultaneously recognized how ridiculous it all is.” Oldman got a similar impression. “I know there are these rumors out there that playing the Joker drove him to his grave，” he says. “But I never say anything of that. He was always on time. He knew his part backwards and forwards. I just thought he was a really sweet kid.”

21)Perversely—or maybe predictably—the tragedy of Ledger’s death may draw ticket buyers who aren’t Batman fans but who want to pay the actor their last respects. Some observers predict that the movie could surpass Spider-Man to become the highest-grossing comic-book-based movie of all time. In an irony the Joker would appreciate， Heath Ledger’s last film is about to be the biggest hit of his life.

2007年7月在芝加哥的鬧市區(qū)，那位演員原本按計劃是要拍攝一場戲，戲中他將一支鉛筆用作了致命的武器?？墒悄悄粦虮煌七t了，于是萊杰那天可以休假一天。而我們看到攝像機拍攝《黑暗騎士》中另一幕不那么吸引人的場景：億萬富翁布魯斯·韋恩由于深夜忙于同罪惡做斗爭而筋疲力盡，在一次商務(wù)會議的中途倒在椅子里睡著了。沒錯，我們正看著蝙蝠俠打瞌睡。

沒關(guān)系。萊杰的影響力已經(jīng)以另一種方式彌漫了整部影片——每一個為這部電影工作的人都只想談?wù)撍?dǎo)演克里斯托弗·諾蘭稱萊杰在影片中的表演是“無所畏懼的”?？死锼沟侔病へ悹枺@位斗篷戰(zhàn)士本人，也說萊杰的表演是“極端強烈的—— 一場華麗的演出”。而在片中飾演發(fā)明家盧修斯·?？怂沟哪Ωじダ锫鼊t簡單地說了一個詞“非凡的”以表示贊同。盡管未上映的影片還處于完全保密的狀態(tài)，萊杰所扮演的“小丑”那扭曲的面容卻已經(jīng)以其耀眼而狂亂的絕活廣為流傳了，而這個角色之前是由傳奇偶像杰克·尼科爾森扮演的。

“這家伙完全是個瘋子，” 諾蘭說?！拔倚枰粋€能夠不怕被拿來同杰

克·尼科爾森做對比的人。后來我看到了希斯在《斷背山》中讓人難以置信的表演。一點都不浮夸。這個演員一點都不怕把自己完全埋進角色之中——有著無限的張力?！?/p>

諾蘭是對的：萊杰完全無所畏懼。這名演員似乎完全不擔(dān)心他入侵了杰

克·尼科爾森以前的勢力范圍。相反，萊杰那充滿野性的“小丑”使得1989年尼科爾森在蒂姆·波頓的《蝙蝠俠》中的表演顯得太過紳士派頭，其恐怖程度跟西澤·羅梅羅差不了多少。當(dāng)然了，在那個時候——2006年夏天——萊杰完全有理由自信滿滿。那時他因為在《斷背山》中的表演剛剛獲得了他的第一個奧斯卡提名。因此他的下一個角色理所當(dāng)然應(yīng)該是由一間大工作室制作的大片中的一個主角。

諾蘭和萊杰從一開始就很合拍?！拔覀儗巧睦斫馔耆粯樱睂?dǎo)演說，“我們還沒拿到劇本，但是我們已經(jīng)有想法了。絕對的無政府狀態(tài)、讓整個社會最為恐懼的混亂、無動機的犯罪，有人就是想看到這個世界燃燒殆盡?！逼渲械哪承┫敕▽τ谝徊繐?jù)說投資預(yù)算達(dá)1.8億美元的暑期大片來說，是相當(dāng)激進的。比如說，那個“小丑”在影片中并沒有交代其背景。他只是突然出現(xiàn)在了高登市，其架車開槍殺人的舉動都帶著可怕的隨意性。雖然諾蘭剛開始將這些想法收進現(xiàn)實的劇本中去，萊杰卻早已進入了角色。他花了幾個月的時候跟一位發(fā)聲教練研究如何將自己的聲音調(diào)整成小丑那聒噪的調(diào)子。萊杰還對化妝提出了許多想法，在影片中那裝扮蔓延了他的整個面部。

2007年4月開機后，萊杰繼續(xù)深入挖掘“小丑”錯亂盤繞的心理。加里·奧德曼——他本人也扮演過不少瘋子的角色——回憶道：“希斯就那么看著我，挑著眉毛向上看著，然后開始拍手。我記得在拍攝間隙時我走過去對他說：‘你知道嗎？你讓我想起了《發(fā)條橙》中的主人翁亞歷克斯?！Ｋ拐f：‘是的，是的，是的。真有趣，我正在我的活動房屋里看這部片呢。’”

盡管萊杰對待這個角色非常認(rèn)真，但并沒有人認(rèn)為他陷入了什么精神誤區(qū)。與他死后人們的推測相反，從他在《黑暗騎士》中的表演看不出其角色對他的心理健康有哪怕任何一絲影響?！跋Ｋ购臀乙粯幽茏叱霰硌莸挠绊?，”貝爾說，“他喜歡在表演時瘋狂地進入角色。他對此極其認(rèn)真，但同時也完全能夠認(rèn)識到那個角色有多荒謬?！眾W德曼也有同感?！拔抑烙兄{言說是因為扮演‘小丑’將他送入了墳?zāi)?，”他說，“但我從沒這樣說過。他拍片永遠(yuǎn)都很準(zhǔn)時。他知道如何進入和跳出他的角色。我認(rèn)為他確實是個非常討人喜歡的孩子。”

違反常理地說來——或者有可能是可以預(yù)計的——萊杰死亡的悲劇也許會讓更多非蝙蝠俠迷的人買票觀看影片，他們想以此向萊杰表達(dá)最后的敬意。有些觀察家預(yù)測《黑暗騎士》將會超過《蜘蛛俠》成為史上票房最高的漫畫改編電影?；蛟S這將是“小丑”所喜愛的諷刺，希斯·萊杰的最后一部影片也將是他這一生中最成功的一部。

影片介紹：09年最值得期待的漫畫電影

08年絕對是漫畫電影大豐收的一年，從《鋼鐵俠》、《綠巨人2》、《通緝令》到《地獄男爵2》、《蝙蝠俠6》……漫畫電影終于顛覆了過去爆米花電影的無腦形象，開始向深度發(fā)展，也受到越來越多的關(guān)注。那么，接下來的09年我們又有什么好期待的呢？

《七龍珠》 Dragonball 上映時間：2009年4月8日

The story begins with a young humanoid(具有人的特質(zhì)或外表的) boy named Goku， who discovers that he was sent to Earth to blend in and destroy our population but instead elects to protect it from an oncoming alien onslaught(猛烈的攻擊) bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical objects. He seeks out upon his adoptive grandfather Grandpa Gohan’s dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls. Of which he has one， in order to prevent the evil Lord Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world. And Goku’s quest is to obtain the mystical Dragonballs before Piccolo does.

看點：風(fēng)靡一時的《七龍珠》曾在我們的成長中留下了深刻的印跡，不過電影改編能忠實于原著嗎？

《X戰(zhàn)警前傳：金剛狼》 X-Men Origins: Wolverine 上映時間：2009年5月1日

Leading up to the events of “X-Men，” it tells the story of Wolverine’s epically violent and romantic past， his complex relationship with Victor Creed， and the ominous(不祥的) Weapon X program. Along the way， Wolverine encounters many mutants， both familiar and new， including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe.

看點：X戰(zhàn)警中人氣最高的金剛狼哥哥終于有了自己的故事，不知道是不是有更多奇異的變種人出現(xiàn)呢？

《守望者》Watchmen 上映時間：2009年3月6日

Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. When one of his former colleagues is murdered， the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante(義務(wù)警員) Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion—a ragtag(無秩序的) group of retired superheroes， only one of whom has true powers—Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy(陰謀) with links to their shared past and catastrophic(悲慘的) consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity ... but who is watching the Watchmen?

看點：漫畫大師的經(jīng)典非主流反英雄之作，除了期待，還能說什么呢？