Heath Ledger inspired a star in British model Lily Cole

Posted by mija on Sep 7, 2008 in News | 0 comments

HEATH Ledger’s co-star, British model Lily Cole has revealed her sorrow at the death of the Aussie actor so soon after befriending him on the set of his last movie.
Cole, one of the world’s leading catwalk queens, had been helped by Ledger in stepping off the runway and in front of the film cameras for her start in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
The pair had spent time together in the days before his death from an accidental drug overdose, going to gigs around London, between scenes for the Terry Gilliam flick.
“When he died it was one of the hardest, most devastating experiences. It was for everyone on set,” Cole said.
“When the three actors came to replace him it must have been hard for them too. What was amazing was the things they did came from being friends with Heath.”
Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law answered a call from Gilliam to continue in Ledger’s role. Cole told UK magazine, Now, the experience of working alongside Ledger, who plays the Joker in Batman sequel The Dark Knight, had inspired her to focus more on her acting career.
“I’d always been very interested in an acting career, and that is taking priority over modelling now,” she said.
Images of Cole and Ledger on the set of Imaginarium were among the last photos of the acclaimed actor released before his death in January this year.
She has made a committment to her next film role, playing Alice in Wonderland, in Marilyn Manson’s Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll.
source: news.com.au