Depp to replace Ledger

The film that Heath Ledger was shooting when he died will continue shooting as a new face is brought in

Still reeling from the sad news of the untimely death of Heath Ledger, we were interested to read that it has taken less than a week for talks of his replacement on Terry Gilliam’s forthcoming ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’ to emerge.

According to a piece in the Sun, it looks like Gilliam muse Johnny Depp is going to be stepping up to the plate. Interestingly, however, we may not be due a ‘Lost in La Mancha 2’ quite yet, as, in ruthlessly efficient Hollywood style, Depp is just going to carry on where Ledger left off. As Gilliam told the Sun: 'Ledger's character falls through a magic mirror. He could change into another character after that and that is where Johnny would come in.'

The latest news on Ledger’s death now suggests that he could have passed from natural causes, with reports claiming that the level of toxicity in his blood was low enough that there is a possibility that it may not have been the reason for his death.

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