Michelle Williams talks about how “inheritance” star Jeremy Strong helped overcome Heath Ledger’s death

When Heath Ledger died in 2008 from an accidental drug overdose, he left his partner Michelle Williams and his two-year-old daughter Matilda behind.

With a new cover story varietyWilliams looks back on the painful times of her life and the support she received from actor Jeremy Strong, who was praised for playing Kendall Roy on HBO’s “Succession.”

Strong, whom she became friends with when playing together in the theater in the early 2000s, helped both her and Matilda deal with their sorrows during that painful time.

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“Jeremy was serious enough to support the weight of the child’s injured heart and sensitive enough to understand how to approach her through play, games and stupidity,” Williams added.[Matilda] She didn’t grow up with her father, but she grew up with Jeremy. As she was, we were changed by the ability to play as if his life depended on it. “

Williams said he knew Strong as long and deep as she did. variety She was shocked by the backlash he received last year’s infamous New Yorker Profile characterized Strong as a self-tolerant “method” actor who spends extreme lengths to achieve his performance.

“Unfortunately, I think the word” method “has been talked about because of what happened when Jeremy Strong tried to explain his process,” Williams said. “He works as seriously as he plays.”

She added: “We are all in awe of his talent. We have seen him work harder than anyone else and wait for others to recognize it for a long time. So when he was so blessed, we all celebrated. “

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The entire interview with Michelle Williams can be read in the latest issue of variety..