"I have to say this is ever so humbling, just being amongst such wonderful people in such a wonderful industry," said his father, Kim Ledger. "We'd like to thank the academy for recognizing our son's amazing work, Warner Bros., and Christopher Nolan in particular for allowing Heath the creative license to develop and explore this crazy Joker character."The award was accepted on behalf of Ledger's three year old daughter, Matilda.
The question I hate to ask is did he truly deserve it? He was up against Josh Brolin ("Milk"), Robert Downey Jr ("Tropic Thunder"), Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Doubt") and Michael Shannon ("Revolutionary Road"). I'll admit out of those, I've only seen "Tropic Thunder." Did he truly deserve it or was he awarded it because of his unfortunate death?
Regardless, I am glad he won it.