Unlike The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Heath Ledger completed his scenes for The Dark Knight before his shocking death. But one of the first questions to pop up in the aftermath was how this would affect the film -- could viewers stomach his portrayal in the same way? It's impossible to eradicate thoughts of his death from the mind as the news continues to grow and audiences finally break through the doors to see for themselves.

However, according to Cinema Blend, there have already been screenings, and they've presented problems for the dark and sure-to-be-awesome film. One scene in particular has been bothering audiences to the point that it might be completely removed from the film.

Hit the jump to find out more, but move on if you want no details about the brief scene.



Quoted from CB: "The scene involves Ledger's Joker character pretending to be dead and being pictured in a body bag. Apparently the aftershock of Ledger's unfortunate death are such that many in the screening reacted rather badly to this moment."

While I can understand and imagine how eerie and disturbing that scene must be, it would be a shame to cut part of his performance due to what happened. If this was a lighter and more upbeat film, a scene that became darker due to later circumstances would be a shame, but this is The Dark Knight. His role is eerie, and is sure to be uncomfortable no matter what we see. Heck, I get goosebumps from the "Why so serious?" poster I included with the post. This is what Heath created, and I hope we can experience it in full.

But what do you think? Should the scene be cut out for sensitive audiences? Or, should it remain intact?