The inside story of how Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams fell in love

Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams dated for three years before splitting in 2007, just five months before his tragic death by overdose.

The former couple met on the set of 2005 film Brokeback Mountain and their romance blossomed after Heath helped Michelle when she injured herself on set.

While filming a scene for the movie, Michelle twisted her knee and cried in pain at the bottom of the hill.

Brokeback Mountain screenwriter Diana Ossana told Out Magazine: ‘She had twisted her knee and we had to call someone to take her to the hospital. Heath wasn’t about to let her go alone, and as he got into the vehicle with her, he was slicking her hair back.

“I remember him looking at her, and her looking at him with those big eyes. She was almost frightened by the attention he was giving her, but it showed every day from then on.

Diana explained: “For him, it was absolutely love at first sight. He was so in love with her.

The former couple met on the set of 2005 film Brokeback Mountain and their romance blossomed after Heath helped Michelle when she was injured on set

Heath and Michelle started dating and within a year announced they were expecting a girl together.

The couple welcomed daughter Matilda, their only child, in October 2005.

Heath died in a New York apartment on January 22, 2008, after an accidental overdose following months of physical and mental exhaustion.

‘I remember [Heath] looking at her, and she looking at him with those big eyes. She was almost surprised by the attention he gave her, but it showed every day from then on. For him, it was a real thunderbolt. He was so in love with her,’ Brokeback Mountain screenwriter Diana Ossana said.

Seemingly a drug addict for years, things came to a head when he juggled too many movies – including his latest role The Dark Knight – with very little sleep and he began to rely on various cocktails of prescriptions to get himself going. close the mind.

‘I couldn’t stop thinking. My body was exhausted and my mind was still functioning,’ he told The New York Times in an interview in November – just two months before his death at the age of 28.

It was discovered that he had taken a deadly combination of six drugs: two types of narcotics, two types of anti-anxiety drugs and two types of sleeping pills.

Heath died in a New York apartment on January 22, 2008, after an accidental overdose following months of physical and mental exhaustion.