The Dark Knight
8 members
Christopher Nolan needed actors serious enough to sell a Batman movie as a crime epic. He got them. Then Heath Ledger showed up and changed what any of it could mean.
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Aftermath
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Heath Ledger won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2009, the first comic-book performance to earn the award.
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Cillian Murphy went from playing the Scarecrow to leading Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer in 2023.
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Cillian Murphy won Best Actor at the 2024 Oscars for Oppenheimer, the first Irish-born actor to take the prize.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal pivoted to directing, winning Venice's Best Screenplay award for The Lost Daughter.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal reunited with Christian Bale when she directed him in The Bride!