And the phone call that ended that dream.
Then he received a phone call from Ledgers father and his close friend.
Ledger had been found dead in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 28 on Jan. 22, 2008.
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I think my number was on the script like written.
These guys are in, as it’s possible for you to imagine, they are in shock.
And they dialed that number, and I dont know why.
I literally just collapse.
Its never happened to me before or since.
My feet went out from under me.
I just literally sat down because I was like, What?
My wife was looking at me.
I remember her face and I was just speechless.
I just listened and listened and listened.
It was just really, really sad.
And its still sad.
Ledgers death was ruled accidental and attributed to a lethal dose of prescription medications.
That shock led Gaghan to put the Gladwell project aside.
For me, I just had to put a pin in it.
I just had a real connection with him that was kind of unusual and really special to me.
I got really excited, and I started seeing him as the main character.
Once I started seeing that, I couldnt un-see it.
Revisiting the script has brought it back to the front of Gaghans mind.
I got it out right before we got on.
I was reading it.
I was just like… We really had something really special, and we mightve been ahead of our time or something.
Maybe its time to bring Blink back to life, he said.
