Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal They both received Academy Award nominations for their roles in Brokeback Mountain — but they weren't the only actors considered for complex characters.
Set against the backdrop of 1960s Wyoming, cowboys Ennis del Mar (Ledger) and Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal) develop an intense (and secret) love affair that becomes more complicated when they each marry their girlfriend, Alma Beers.Michelle Williams(And Lauren Newsom)Anne Hathaway) and they have children.
Among the Hollywood stars chosen for the roles of Jack and Ennis Josh Hartnett and Leonardo DiCaprio. However, casting the film's lead characters proved more difficult than expected.
The 2005 film was not a “universal love story” by the screenwriter Diana Osana He was reminded during an April 2018 question-and-answer session he moderated WindingHe noted that “nobody would commit” to the lead roles. She recalled a long list of “outstanding young actors” who approved and later left the project during the eight-year development process.
J. Vespa/WireImage Heath Ledger would have turned 45 on Thursday, April 4 — and his legacy is still remembered. The Australian-born actor died at the age of 28 on January 22, 2008, after a drug overdose. The toxicology report released after his sudden death revealed that Ledger died of “acute poisoning by[…]
Edward Norton and Joel Schumacher Each of them was asked to direct the film as well, but both turned it down. “They didn't give us any real excuse for why they didn't do it,” Osana said. “I think they saw it as too difficult.”
in spite of Pour up and downOssana always wanted Ledger to play Ennis. “It was Battle to get it“But boy was it worth it,” she said. Brokeback Mountain It went on to win three Academy Awards.
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