"I allowed myself to go a little cuckoo once we started shooting. A lot of it came from Terry's energy. I started to mimic him a little bit. Terry gives you the opportunity to step outside of yourself. He dares you to be bad."
"For the first time, I wasn't being asked to suck in my energy. I did not have to tie my hands down. I could express. So I did. On top of that, I ate a shit-load of chocolate throughout the shoot to keep me hyperactive."
This is cool, that Terry G. encouraged Heath's natural energies. I noticed this wonderful thing in this role, and also in the Joker -- the way he indeed didn't try to control his body-reactions. Like he'd be all jumpy when he got scared up in the tower. It's like the opposite of being all cool and contained like some macho rambo. When the Joker shot a gun, his whole body would be into the recoil. Am I describing this right?
kathy
