Is the latest Batman movie cursed?
It may come as no surprise to you that Heath Ledger is dead. Blunt news I know, but unfortunately after a stunning performance as The Joker, Heath is no longer with us.
The strange thing is that the passing of Ledger is only the beginning of a string of problems that has been following the stars of the Dark Knight.
First off, in the latest news on Ledger’s death, his friend and speculated drug buddy, Mary-Kate Olsen is refusing to speak with investigators about the case unless she gets immunity…from what, we don’t know.
You could easily speculate that it is something her parents wouldn’t approve of, because why would you need immunity from innocent actions? The U.S. Feds want to know how Heath Ledger got two powerful painkillers that contributed to his accidental overdose death. But Olsen’s lawyer says the former Full House star has nothing to do with the drugs, and has already told the government everything she knows. So again…why ask for immunity?
The second incident surrounds the Dark Knight himself. Christian Bale’s own mother and sister claim he beat them in a London Hotel the night before the premiere of the movie in England. Bale denies the charges.
There are still a lot of details unclear about this one.
Finally and most recently Morgan Freeman is in hospital after a car crash. The actor was driving in Mississippi and reports are that the car he was driving in, which is owned by the passenger of the vehicle, went airborne, flipping a few times and landing in a ditch. The jaws of life were needed to get him out of the car.
Freeman has a broken arm, broken elbow and minor shoulder damage and had to undergo surgery last night. Thankfully his publicist says he’ll be okay, is in good spirits and is looking forward to a full recovery.
Is there anything behind all of this I don’t know. But this isn’t the first time we’ve heard of movie curses and it probably won’t be the last. As a quick example there is The Crow curse, where Bruce Lee’s son Brandon was shot to death with a prop gun that was supposed to have blanks in it. There is also the Supermancurse. Margot Kidder had a nervous breakdown, Richard Pryor got M.S., Christopher Reeve was paralyzed when bucked from his horse and George Reeves, who played Superman on TV in the 50s, ended up committing suicide.
Let’s hope no further tragedy strikes for a movie that could very-well break the half a billion mark in ticket sales. Michael Caine may want to cover himself in bubble wrap and get a body double.