FARRELL FELT SICK REPLACING LEDGER IN GILLIAM MOVIE
COLIN FARRELL was wary of replacing HEATH LEDGER in THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR= .. PARNASSUS - admitting his "stomach turned at the thought of it".
Ledger was midway through making the movie when he died from an acciden= tal drug overdose in January 2008.
Director Terry Gilliam chose to complete the movie with an ensemble cas= t of Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Farrell stepping in to portray different v= ersions of Ledger’s character.
But the Irish actor confesses he almost turned down the role.
He tells Total Film magazine, "When Jude, Johnny and I were asked if we= could fill in my stomach turned at the thought of it, and then I spoke t= o a couple of people who were close to Heath Ledger and they thought he’d= be cool with it.
"I went to Vancouver for nine days and there was an amazing sense of co= mpanionship and love and respect for Heath as an actor and a man." Despite his tragic death, Farrell reveals he has fond memories of Ledge= r: "I knew him a little bit. I hadn’t seen him in a few years then saw hi= m a few months before he passed. He was one of the good ones - a gorgeous= dude, really kind and humble and smart and creative."
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