In Road House (2024), Jake Gyllenhaal said Connor McGregor “clocked me in the face by mistake.” McGregor said “it wasn’t fake fighting.”
“As a man who fights for a living, it was real. I gave him wallop, he gave me back. Stuntmen took some big shots also.”
She wasn't acting. And Ledger knew it.
Heath Ledger refused to do the full Joker in rehearsals. No voice, no laugh, no mannerisms. Christian Bale confirmed Ledger only turned the character on when cameras rolled. The cast had no idea what was coming.
This is the party scene.
I'll always think that he wasn't given the recognition he deserved for coming from a historic performance like Heath Ledger's as the Joker.
But Bane is one of the best villains in the history of cinema.