Michelle Williams Still Struggling With the Meaning of Heath Ledger's Death

By Jett Wells Posted Dec 22nd 2010 05:36PM

In Michelle Williams' first network interview since fiance Heath Ledger died in 2007, the actress looks healed and happier than in years before.

Which isn't to say the empty void left behind has been filled; when asked in her ABC interview if the meaning of Heath Ledger's has settled in over the years, Williams can't put it into many words.

"I've found meanings around the circumstance but the actual event doesn't have it, I can't find it," Williams says. "I can't find a meaning for it."

In an otherwise upbeat interview about her blossoming success from 'Blue Valentine' and working with Ryan Gosling, Williams notes that one of the things she struggled with for the longest time was dealing with the fact that life can easily change in an instant.

"I can kind of got obsessed with that for a while. A lot of things died," Williams said. "There's a line from a book that gave me so much comfort and it says when you've truly lost everything, then at least you can become rich in loss." See the interview after the jump.

It was surreal for Williams when Heath's death didn't seem true, and she misses that feeling.

"In a strange way, I miss that year, because all those possibilities that existed then are gone," she says. "It didn't seem unlikely to me that he could walk through a door or could appear behind a bush. It was a year of very magical thinking, and in some ways I'm sad to be moving further and further away from it."

Later in the interview, Gosling joins the group to talk about the pleasure of working with Williams.

"She's like a sexy cowboy," Gosling says.

On whether or not they are dating, that's still not true -- yet.

"Creatively. We are 'doing it' creatively," Gosling said. "No, we're professionals. I always look like I'm lying. That's just my face."

See the clip:

Tags: Blue Valentine, heath ledger, Michelle Williams

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Wednesday 22 December

By Taylor

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Heath Ledger died in 2008, fyi.

By Laura

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Good answer! Although in this case, it bothered me b/c he was a cut above in terms of his acting abilities and his personality, based on interviews; he wasn't the typical arrogant jerk that thought he was God's gift. Plus, it at least appears to be an accidental overdose, like he didn't realize how much he had taken, which is unfortunately pretty typical.

By cyyuy

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Sunday 26 December

By rangquand

His acting was cool im not saying that but him and other actors are not Gods.I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via aged'ate.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.. Just love it

By Erica

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Thank you, Taylor. I thought I'd gone crazy for a minute.

By aerofanz

I can give you the meaning.....if you do drugs there's a really good chance you'll die.

By Javadude54

There is certainly a meaning to Heath Ledger's death. You can't take large amounts of powerful drugs without consequences.

By Lassie

The man died of a DRUG OVERDOSE. What's so hard to understand?
She's been milking the 'grieving sort-of-widow' thing in public for way too long, and it's annoying. He didn't die saving orphans from a burning building, he died of a DRUG OVERDOSE. The. End. And yes,it's sad, he left this world too soon, she's bereft, etc. etc. And it's easy for us to say 'get over it', but how long is she going to put on her tragic face? Stop being a professional sort-of-widow!

Thursday 23 December

By crackedblackpepper

I think her point in saying that she couldn't find the meaning behind his death was her way of saying that his death was meaningless. That there was nothing noble about it.

I don't think she plays the victim or widow. She didn't do a press tour afterwards. She didn't even accept any of his rewards. She's been living her life. I respect her.

By Dan

Did Ms. Williams have an intimate personal relationship w/ Ledger, were they merely friends or did they just work together? The article doesn't tell me what their relationship was. And, hey! Many of us have lost friends, acquaintances or relatives to drug ODs. It's something we never forget but we get over it.

By carol

Yes she apparently had a close intimate relationship with him, they were engaged and had a daughter together.

By Laurie

They have a daughter together.

By Rae

They had a child together! They began dating during Brokeback Mountain and she dumped him a few months before his death.

His death is tragic, but it was an accident. It's not like he was addicted to hardcore drugs, he died from taking prescription drugs. Michelle Williams needs to stop acting like she is still greiving, the only reason she's saying any of this is because of Matilda.

By mlmoonstar

They have a daughter together!

By Cathy Sapp

She was engaged to Heath for 4 years before his death, and they had a baby together that was 2 at the time. They had broken up about 4 or 6 months before his death.

By Anita

In Michelle Williams' first network interview since fiance Heath Ledger died.

That's a direct quote from the article. Doesn't that explain it?

By Nancy

Yes, they had a daughter together and had broken up and were engaged in a bitter custody battle. So why does the article describe Ledger as Williams' "fiance", when he was really her ex-fiance? The break-up and custody battle put the interview in an entirely different light.

By Michele

If she hadn't dumped him, he might have sill been alive, today.

By HaroldLynn

Stop struggling, there was no meaning to Ledger's death. He was a self- absorbed druggie that died of an overdose, nothing more, nothing less.

By dan

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Get over it lady! He was just another actor who that he could walk on water and do what ever he wanted to do .
Well guess what ? He was wrong and he played with fire and he got burned.
His acting was cool im not saying that but him and other actors are not Gods.

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