he'd like people cleels to him, he'd keep the door open for us. >> reporter: the camera rolling at hiseles home. >> heath's place was renowned for having a stream of australian actors living there. >> reporter: ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose in january 2008. >> the movie doesn't explicitly deal with his death. >> heath died from an overdose of prescription drugs. he essentially became his own pharmacist. which isn't smart. for many, many years he suffered from insomnia. >> you chose really not to explore that avenue. why? >> the moment of his passing? is essentially not a moment we're there for, not a moment anybody else experienced. >> reporter: he'd been hell bent on hollywood from an early age. >> he had little shiny stars on the ceiling. he said, that's where i'm going to be i'm going to be in the film industry. he said, i'm going to be a filmmaker. >> it's like trying to settle a wild stallion at the time. may as well make a friend of them and support them as best you can and love them and let's hope that everything turns out. >> the number of people who s