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Michael Caine: Heath Ledger Will Get an Oscar Nomination
Friday July 11, 2008

Michael Caine and Heath Ledger

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Michael Caine believes Heath Ledger gave an Oscar-caliber performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight, which opens July 18.

"I just watched him and talked to him for three days and I thought he was extraordinary," the actor told Usmagazine.com when he was honored with a cement block with his hand and footprints at the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Friday.

"I think he'll get a posthumous Oscar nomination at least," Caine, 75, told Us.

Ledger– who died at age 28 of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January – will be honored in the end credits of the film.

(See a photo retrospective of Ledger's life.)

"I didn't have a scene with him," said Caine, who plays Alfred Pennyworth. "He was in a scene in the picture which I was in but he never spoke to me in the scene – it was a big party."

Ledger has been receiving rave reviews for his role.

Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers said, "I can only speak superlatives of Ledger, who is mad-crazy-blazing brilliant as the Joker.

"If there's a movement to get him the first posthumous Oscar since Peter Finch won for 1976's Network, sign me up," Travers added.

(See Us' photo tribute to stars who have gone too soon.)

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