Actors Donate Pay to Ledger’s Daughter

The three actors who took over the duties on Heath Ledger’s final film role have given their pay to the Australian’s two-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose.

Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law was so concerned for the young child’s welfare after the loss of her famous father, who didn’t update his will in time to include his daughter, and so donated their last payment to give her something for the future.

“They didn’t take money – it goes to Heath’s daughter,” director Terry Gilliam explained.

“That’s extraordinary! And wonderful… and when you’re part of that, you think, ‘Ah, this is maybe why I went into the movies in the beginning. I thought it would be full of wonderful people.’

“And we’ve got a movie full of wonderful people who did extraordinary things to help.”

All three stars took over where Heath left off in the fantasy epic The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, playing versions of Ledger’s character, Tim.

Ledger passed away before he could complete the film, making the latest Batman flick, The Dark Knight, his last completed movie, and possibly his greatest ever achievement.

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Michelle Williams Planning a Heath Ledger Movie

Michelle Williams, the former partner of the late Australian actor Heath Ledger, is making a movie about his life so that their two-year-old daughter, Matilda, can see what her father was really like.

The actress wants Ledger’s friends and co-stars to “share their stories on him” so that young Matilda can get to know her father “through their eyes.”

A source revealed: “This is incredibly important for Michelle to do. It makes Michelle’s heart ache that Matilda was so young when Heath died and she’s unlikely to retain any memories of her father.

“She wants to keep his spirit alive with something Matilda can treasure all her life.”

Michelle first met Heath on the set of Brokeback Mountain in 2004 when they played a married couple, a role they came so close to imitating in real life. They parted ways in September 2007.

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