Actor Michael Caine reveals he was 'terrified' of co-star Heath Ledger during The Dark Knight's filming: It was chilling

Veteran Hollywood actor Michael Caine revealed in his memoir, Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over: My Guide to Life, that he was "terrified" by Heath Ledger on the set of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

Caine, who portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in Nolan’s Batman trilogy, recalled that Ledger’s eerie appearance with his smeared makeup, unkempt hair, and unsettling voice, created an undeniably chilling presence on set.

“Absolutely floored me the first time I saw him in action – I was terrified," Michael wrote in the memoir.

Further talking about his late co-star who passed away at 28, Caine stated, “Heath was only 28 when he passed away,” Caine writes. “I hadn’t even made ‘Zulu’ when I was that age. You think of what he might have gone on to achieve, it’s just heartbreaking. We were all terribly shocked, and it made doing the publicity for ‘The Dark Knight’ that summer much more intense, because all the journalists wanted to talk about his death."