Heath Ledger suggested the use of David Bowie’s Golden Years in the 2001 movie A Knight s Tale, the film s director Brian Helgeland said Tuesday.
Helgeland chat with Vulture Tuesday, which marked the 20th anniversary of the film s release. In the medieval action film, the late actor, who died at 28 in 2008 from a drug overdose, played the leading role of ambitious peasant William Thatcher.
The film s dance sequence was slated to be set to the 1975 song Get Down Tonight by KC and the Sunshine Band, but Helgeland said Ledger sought to persuade him to use the 1976 Bowie song instead.
New details: The late Heath Ledger suggested the use of David Bowie’s Golden Years in the 2001 movie A Knight s Tale, the film s director Brian Helgeland said Tuesday. Ledger was seen in the film, which came out 20 years ago Tuesday, with co-star Shannyn Sossamon