BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT

Rumours of a ‘Curse of Batman’ circulated after the 2007 death of stuntman Conway Wickliffe during a car scene of The Dark Knight was followed by the drugs overdose of Heath Ledger, 28, who played The Joker. Co-star Morgan Freeman was badly injured in a car crash and Batman himself Christian Bale faced accusations of assaulting his mother and sister the day before the film’s UK premiere.