FHM got a chance to sit down and chat with Heath Ledger about “The Dark Knight” during a set visit in 2007, and the interview is now live at fhmonline.com.

The interview focuses primarily on how Ledger geared up to portray The Joker in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Batman film. Here’s a little excerpt from what Ledger had to say about building his character:

“Like I sat around a hotel room in London, for about a month and I just locked myself away and formed a little diary and experimented with voices and I’ll answer your question (laughs), he’s you know I ended up making him within the realm of a psychopath kind of like zero empathy or very little to no conscience towards his acts which is fun because there’s no real limits on their boundaries to what he would say or how he would say something or what he would do.”

It’s hard to imagine Ledger won’t be around for the film’s premiere, considering the obvious passion he put into playing The Joker.

Read the entire FHM interview with the late Heath Ledger right here.