This, I think, is a tad disturbing: just a week after Heath Ledger's funeral, toy company Mattel has announced that it will release a Heath Ledger doll. You know, for the kiddies.
From Page Six:
Mattel has announced that the company
will be releasing two dolls featuring Heath as the Joker. One version
will come with a rocket launcher and the other will be armed with a
little knife and both will be marketed to coincide with the release of The Dark Knight in July.
A spokesman for the Ledger family says that they gave the project their
blessing: "Heath was very proud of his work in the film and his family
is aware and supportive of the plans for the movie."
It's nice that his family is supportive, but isn't the only relevant party here his daughter? Who's going to explain to Matilda why it is that Daddy only comes in miniature - and creepy, lipsticked knife-wielding supervillian miniature, at that? I know that knife-wielding Joker dolls aren't marketed to pre-schoolers, but still. I find it creepy.
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