… by Heath Ledger’s death. When I read about it on the BBC news website last night, my first thoughts were that it couldn’t be true, that it was a sick joke or a mistake or…
I could feel reality fracturing; what it really was and what I (and probably so many others) wanted it to be.

He was an actor I liked a lot. 10 Things I Hate About You and A Knight’s Tale are films I’ve watched over and over; I’ve been looking forward to his turn as the Joker in The Dark Knight. And he was truly brilliant in Brokeback Mountain. I’ll miss him as an actor; my sympathies are with his family and friends.