Pals Pony Up for Ledger's Daughter

Actors who completed Ledger's final role hand over pay
By Elizabeth Wolff,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 19, 2008 10:40 AM CDT
Pals Pony Up for Ledger's Daughter
Heath Ledger wrote his will before daughter Matilda was born. Now there's a question about her inheritance.   (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, File)

Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell, who banded together to complete Heath Ledger’s final film role, in the The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, gave their paychecks to his daughter, Matilda, the Sun reports. “They didn’t take money—it goes to Heath’s daughter,” director Terry Gilliam said. The actor wrote his will before the now-2-year-old was born, and provisions for her future aren't clear. (More Heath Ledger stories.)

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