Romantic Drama Ange Lee "Gorbataya Mountain" (2005) at one time received eight nominations for Oscar, defeating three of them, but by giving way to the "collision" in the struggle for the title of "Best Movie". The stars of the film Jake Gillanhol film also claimed to the individual awards, and het Ledger, but only the first at the ceremony itself. About why the Ledger refused to come to Oscar, Gyllenhol told only recently in an interview with the journal Another Man.
Since Gorbaytaya Mountain tells about the love relationship between the two cowboy, this topic was not seriously taken seriously. The film became the object of homophobic jokes, which caused anxiety from the Ledger. During the opening of the ceremony, the American Film Academy also wanted to add humor about this, which eventually prompted the Ledger to refuse to participate in the show.
I remember, they wanted that at that time the Oscar ceremony began with some joke about our film. Because of this, Hit refused to come. At that time, this did not cause resonance, people such: "Oh, well, okay ... no matter." As for me, I was not against humor, but Hit said: "For me, this is not a joke - I do not want someone to joke about it." Looking back in the past, I understand that Hit actually did wisely,
- told Gillanhol.
Three years later, the Ledger was still awarded "Oscar" in the nomination "The best men's role of the second plan", but again without the presence of the actor himself. Ledger was awarded posthumously for the inimitable performance of Joker in the Dark Knightry Christopher Nolan.