When Heath Ledger passed, director Terry Gilliam had nowhere to go. The film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was near half done with the star died. The project looked trashed until three Hollywood actors came forward.
Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell were cast to step into the incarnations of Ledger during otherworldly portions of the fantasy film.
"The real credit has got to go to Johnny, Colin and Jude, which was an extraordinary thing, to come in," Gilliam stated to the Associated Press reporter David Germain. "They're all doing other films, they're involved in other projects, and they came to the rescue of this thing."
Gilliam had more praises for the three stars.
"They did it solely, basically, for nothing. The money they would have been paid went to Matilda, Heath's daughter. To me, they're the real heroes."
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Source: Yahoo! News
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