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Title: Cast remembers filming Brokeback Mountain and Heath
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 16, 2018, 09:46:06 am

This is a touching interview, with several recent photos.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3177751/Brokeback-Mountain-s-cast-crew-remember-late-Heath-Ledger-taken-Michelle-Williams.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3177751/Brokeback-Mountain-s-cast-crew-remember-late-Heath-Ledger-taken-Michelle-Williams.html)

Title: Re: Cast remembers filming Brokeback Mountain and Heath
Post by: CellarDweller on September 16, 2018, 06:57:23 pm

Thanks for the link, Lee!

Title: Re: Cast remembers filming Brokeback Mountain and Heath
Post by: Kananaskis on September 16, 2018, 07:41:29 pm

So I’ve recently watched Brothers, which stars Jake, and on the movie’s page on IMDb I’ve read two interesting pieces of trivia:

“During one intense early prison scene, Gyllenhaal jokingly reached into his pocket and took out a picture of his Brokeback beau to stick on the prison wall. "Like those prisoners put [loved ones] on the wall, but Jake's was Heath Ledger," one set source recalls. "That was hilarious. It was a nice moment." (this was before Ledger's death)”

“Jake Gyllenhaal learned of the death of his close friend Heath Ledger while he was in the middle of shooting a scene for this film. Gyllenhaal immediately walked off set, and returned to finish the scene two days later. He then took a longer bereavement leave before he was ready to continue with the rest of his scenes.”

Never before have I come across Jake’s reaction to Heath’s death. (Truth be told, I never really delved deeply enough into it.) But reading such things just seems so heartwarming, doesn’t it?