He doesn't have any sort of developed interview persona, which is wonderful, and he doesn't seem overly concerned with his own burgeoning movie career. Which is even more wonderful. Ledger is here to speak to reporters about A Knight's Tale, a big-budget movie that sits right on his shoulders.
Ledger just shrugs.
I just turn up and do what I do. A Knight's Tale, very loosely based on a section of The Canterbury Tales and set in 14th-century Europe, was written and directed by Brian Helgeland, who also wrote L.A. Confidential. Helgeland is entirely impressed with his Knight's Tale leading man, and describes how Ledger played a didgeridoo the first time they met, demonstrating the age-old musical instrument for him. Ledger would not, however, play the didgeridoo in the movie. He said to me, 'It's an aboriginal instrument.