Heath

He is definitely the man. Everytime a guy comes along who just WOWs you, in every sense of the word, there was Robert de niro, Jack Nicholson(first joker) to name a couple of oldies who gave performances that were just too good to be true. Even a lot of the baddies in filmdom, gave us a lot in terms of performances, but Heath I guess has surpassed them both. He has given us a character we would love to hate. If you are a die hard batman comic book fan, you would realise the enormity of what I am saying. The joker is an iconic villain in the series. He is one villain who has no regard for himself. He is not after anything that a conventional villain wants. He is a deranged psychopath with a crazy devious head. To portray someone as bad as the joker is almost impossible, mainly because the comic creators had done such a good job of developing the character in comic book series. A huge amount of justice was done when Jack Nicholson played the joker, but it wasn't enough to portray the character to the max limit possible. Heath has done just that and for once, the comic book joker has taken a back seat to onscreen one. Only, I wish he was still alive to receive the adolations, which was long due to him. He was fine actor and his roles have always attracted acclaim even though didn't win him an Oscar. Batman clicked because of joker. I really don't think anyone can better his performance. With Heath's death the mantle of joker must fall to someone else. But who would take up such a role knowing he has to beat a world record which is nigh unbeatable. Johnny depp, certainly comes into mind, but I guess he has already been slated to play the riddler and besides, I don't want Depp to accept that role cause he would be compared against Heath. And I really want Depp to create his own comic villain which would neither overshadow heath's performance nor be downplayed if portrayed badly. Depp is too good an actor and he should be allowed the freedom to create his own character which I am sure will be fun enough to be with, like captain jack sparrow. But again its not my choice but his....