Comedian Wil Anderson has opened up about his awkward interview with Heath Ledger, which saw the late actor get angry over a joke about his film.
Speaking to Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie on Thursday, Anderson revealed the incident occurred when he was a Triple J presenter in 2003.
“Heath had just finished the Ned Kelly film and when he came into our studio it was like he was being held hostage,” he said.
“He was about to do a one-word interview. I’ve never been so excited about a radio interview.”
Anderson added that he decided to lighten the “serious” mood during their conversation.
“I thought I’d just make a joke because he was giving a serious actor’s speech about how he wanted to understand why Ned Kelly was so tormented,” he recalled.
“I said, ‘Do you think it’s because he always had really bad hair on his hat?'”
But the joke didn’t go over well.
“Heath says to me, ‘That’s not funny, is it?’ so I say I haven’t seen his movie 10 Things I Hate About You twice, mate! That was a lie… because I had.”