Heath Ledger Dark Knight Joker Make-Up BEFORE White-Face

Heath Ledger Joker prosthetics Well here’s a treat for you – I don’t think you can really consider this a spoiler, but Robert from FilmsPunk.blogspot.com alerted us to a test picture of Heath Ledger wearing his Joker prosthetics without the white. black and red makeup.

He said the image originated at the SuperHeroHype forums, but I wasn’t able to find it over there to provide a proper credit.

You can check out the image below (which I’ve enhanced a bit to bring out the detail), plus we’ve got some interesting info regarding the makeup itself…

It seems that the person who came up with the makeup design for the Joker in The Dark Knight was… Heath Ledger himself! According to the poster over at the SHH forum:

“he [Heath] showed up with a very basic make-up kit consisting of store bought mascara, white grease paint and lipstick and and basically designed the make-up there on the spot”

Apparently everyone loved it and then the makeup artists had the task of recreating it every day for shooting.

Anyway, here’s a look at Heath wearing only the prosthetics (which he did not design):

Heath Ledger Joker prosthetics

Pretty interesting story… for more details and the full quote from the source head over to FilmsPunk.blogspot.com and thanks again to Robert for the heads up!

The Dark Knight opens on July 18 (as if you didn’t know).

Tags: the dark knight,

Judd

Just last week I tried putting on a Joker costume and make-up, and this was really one of the things I struggled with (read: I gave up on it). The bumps the prosthetics provide really bring out much detail into the Joker's face; anyone trying the make-up without the 3D detail of the scar will never look as convincing as Heath.

Sarah

why is it a shame that he died???

no one deserves to be seperated form their own childs. thats wat heath had to go though all day of his life.......
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RIP HEATH LEDGER

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

shawna

i am sorry for yalls lost he was a good guy i could see in his movies i own all of his movies cause i am a big fan and all of them are real good cause he made it to be that way

shana

i loved heith ledger i was a big fan but he will be missed and he also be loved by everyone and he is in a better place well rip heith ledger i love you!!!!!

The Kid

Heath was the best, he invented a character that will be very hard to replace, he brought back good movies to see. I will and do miss him every day. It's not about money, but sending a message!!!

josh333

oh an ya im white

josh333

i can draw him like a BEAST.......the joker

julio

i lov health leger why did u goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

emre

çok harikaydı joker oynamak büyük bi zevk galiba.

olivia alvarez

he was a good actor and he seemed liked a swell guy. Always remember his catch fraze:
WHY SO SEROUS?
RIP THE BEST ACTOR
HEATH LEDGER

Jamie

I Feel like crying.. i LOVE u Heath Ledger!!!!!!!!!!! <3 it's crazy that u died

Jamie

AWW.. Heath U were Amazing.. such a shame he died...<3 he could have bin in so many more movies and watched his little girl grow up.. He had his whole life ahead of him. RIP HEATH Ledger.. ur amazing ( and adourble)

Piku

no one can take his place, and ofcouse after his death "the joker" died too, and hence Batman

Shady

I'm tore-up that my favorite actor is DEAD. He was sooooooo (three hours later)oooooo cute and I thought that he was awesome as Joker,a knite,a gay cowboy, and all the other stuff he was. If I ever met him I would sneek a kiss and run away.:)

Brian

Robert Stoneman took this photo while he worked on the film as a camera grip. He placed it on his facebook where it was then taken and posted around the net. His IMDB account is: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2751550/

Credit has now been given!

Asim

First time i see Heath Ledger Real picture i dn't belive that he is Drak Knight Joker Pics

josh333

and no i havent allready said this srry iknow i miss spelled many words in all that like heath was the main word i noticed so for give me srry bye o and never mind all the[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ thaats was my bro

josh333

srry iknow i miss spelled many words in all that like heath was the main word i noticed so for give me srry bye o and never mind all the[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ thaats was my bro

josh333

srry iknow i miss spelled many words in all that like heath was the main word i noticed so for give me srry bye

Savannah

I LURRVVEEEE HEATH LEDGER O.O

*Cling*

BUT I LOVE THE JOKER!!WE HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON!

WE HATE OUR FATHERS ;)

NO JOKE

jordan

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

jordan

im am also a paranoid skitsophrenic i have also carved my face i smile now i am happy ha

jordan

im am also a paranoid skitsophrenic i have also carved my face i smile now i am happy

brooke

OMG!!!! i loved heath soo much its not even funny my friends and family think im absoulately crazy because i cry all the time for him and im starting to get a collection of joker pics actaully just last night i drew my lastest pic of heath as the joker and i began to get sad actually i want to draw him right now so i probaly will. well heath was the best actor ever and i will always remember him hes in good hands and soo is his daughter matilda who will be taken care of. I know i dont know him but i feel like i know him really well i hope his whole family begins to feel better even though i never will. I love you heath ledger and you as the joker and as patrick on ten things i hate about you. u were the best. Rest In Peace Heath we will never forget you

kaitlyn =)

alright, i'm 14 years old, and i love heath ledger. he's pretty much the best actor ever. i loved him in "10 things i hate about you" it was THE best movie ever. and when he died, i cried. i didn't know how he even died, and i was sad. he apparently died being the joker, and it like posessed him so much that it kept him awake at night. and that's crazy!! he didn't tell anyone, and then he took like a million (not really) sleeping pills, and he just...died. and that's stupid. he was famous like crazy, and he died acting, which he loved, but he died acting out a part. and thats crazy, (as i said before) i mean, wtf? but still, heath ledger is the best actor, johnny depp is close for second, but heath,your still the best.
even dead.
man, we miss him terribly.
=)

Rocky_Saviour

well Heath Ledger is undoubtedly the best artist we"ll ever saw..
the perfectionist in disguise who acted like living in the character but i am really sad taken aback that he is no more...
Well i am still crazy about the character he played in The dark Night ..Joker overshadowed everyone and peculiar dialects were uneasy and he said it like nothing as if he is not different from Joker...
Hats off ''Heath Ledger" you moved me..

jill

He's still hot.. I LOVE HIM!! I can't believe he's gone!! NOOOO!!! HE WAS THE BEST JOKER!!!!!!

Joker Chick

OMG I loved Heath Ledger he was so hot and I cried when I heard that he died. I love Joker he is my idol Heath played the best joker ever I feel bad for his daughter she probably says where's daddy? where is heaven? I'm starting to cry now I miss him and he is missed by his fans I love you Heath Ledger RIP Heath Ledger we'll meet soon.

michelle/Shelley

I saw the Dark knight when it came out because everyone said it was awesome. it was. it was the best movie i have ever seen. Heath Ledger. I can not even describe to you about how I felt when I saw him play The Joker. I reaserched about him and watched all of his movies. There was something about him in the dark knight that made you...want him. I dont know. I became sort of obsessed, and I can honestly say that I still am. He became a part of me as I watched this movie over and over again. I saw it at least 6 times in theatres and probably more. The pain inside me is great, because I miss him so much. If he were still alive I would want to meet him/ but since I know that I can't it hurts me. I cry sometimes when I think about him/ and how his family has been afected but his death. I read that he was not sleeping well, and was missing his daughter terribly before he died. In the next movie that he is in/ that he could not finish, people said that he was always tired on set and he was getting close to two hours of sleep each night. I think over and over in my head how someone could have saved him/ and if i knew him how I could have saved him.all i know is that I love him and I will miss him forever <3