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TMZ Accounts - Nicholson Warned Ledger About Ambien
Phillip Dampier:
By the way, the makers of Ambien have told their stockholders they've hired attorneys in preparation for possible findings that the sleep medication may have played a part in all this, and they're prepping a damage control PR team to be ready in case it appears the prescription drug contributed in anyway to his passing.
It could be a multi-million dollar disaster for big pharma if it turns out Ambien played a part here. Sanofi-Aventis, which makes Ambien, took the step after two independent sources alluded in the media to Heath's "drug use."
David In Indy:
Jack Nicholson scares me. There's something seriously wrong with that man.
injest:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrhY5FUzaQ&feature=related[/youtube]
here is the interview where Jack was talking about warning Heath...
he was talking about the sleeping pills..not illegal drugs....
Phillip Dampier:
--- Quote from: injest on January 24, 2008, 02:42:48 am ---here is the interview where Jack was talking about warning Heath...
--- End quote ---
Good find. The BBC had a sitdown one that I caught earlier, but much of the details here were recited there as well.
dot-matrix:
What's up with Jack Nicholson? Just a few weeks ago he was bitching in print that Heath didn't even talk to him about his portrayal of the Joker in his preparation... He was rather nasty and seemed to feel he should have been consulted because his Joker is THE JOKER... Now he's supposed to be a busom buddy who talked to Heath about the role and his lifestyle... Isn't Jack getting enough attention for his new film.
MTV: What do you think of another actor, Heath Ledger, playing the Joker in next summer's "The Dark Knight"?
Nicholson: Let me be the way I'm not in interviews. I'm furious. I'm furious. [He laughs.] They never asked me about a sequel with the Joker. I know how to do that! Nobody ever asked me.
MTV: It was never brought up?
Nicholson: No. It's like, in any area, you can't believe the reasons things do or don't happen. Not asking me how to do the sequel is that kind of thing. Maybe it's not a mistake. Maybe it was the right thing, but to be candid, I'm furious.
MTV: I'm surprised to hear you sounding competitive about a role like that.
Nicholson: Well, the Joker comes from my childhood. That's how I got involved with it in the first place. It's a part I always thought I should play.
MTV: Will you see the new film?
Nicholson: I'm not inclined to watch it because of what I said. But if it's a good movie, I'll catch up with it somewhere. I don't think they ever really captured Tim Burton's spirit [since he stopped being involved]. They kind of drove the franchise into the ground. Tim Burton's a genius. He had the right take on it. That's why I did the movie. I did the movie based on a single conversation with him. We both come from the cartoon world originally. We had similar ideas. Tim said [the Joker] should have a humorous dark side to him. [Burton is] one of the great moviemakers. I think the world of him. He's the most unassuming man. And he doesn't feel pressure. That's what I love about him. Once he's in there, he's smiling making the movie. That's it!
from http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1573617/20071106/story.jhtml
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