Heath Ledger Tortured By The Joker....

Actor Heath Ledger has been left physically and mentally drained by his latest role as The Joker in the new Batman movie.Ledger has found his latest role as a mass-murdering psychopath difficult, with the part leaving him so disturbed he is finding it almost impossible to sleep.He says, "It is a physically and mentally draining role. He's this Psychopathic, Mass-Murdering, Schizophrenic Clown. It takes a lot of preparation to play."Last week, I probably slept two hours a night. My body was exhausted."Meanwhile former 'Joker' actor the legendary Jack Nicholson is "furious" he wasn't asked to reprise his role as The Joker in upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight.Nicholson, who played the villainous role in 1989's Batman, is upset he was passed over in favour of Heath Ledger in the follow-up to 2005's Batman Begins.He tells Mtv, "They never asked me about a sequel with the Joker. I know how to do that. To be candid, I'm furious."

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