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No, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is the brainchild of Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown, writing partners who met while shooting Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979). Gilliam also directed the movie.

2/16/08. Star Pulse reports that Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell will pay tribute to Heath Ledger by taking turns playing his role in the scenes he did not finish filming. That means four different actors will be playing one part.

08/14/2008: At the time of his death, Heath Ledger had not revised his will to include his daughter Matilda. Celeb|bitchy reports that Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell all are donating their entire salaries for this movie to Matilda.

Yes. According to an article (posted below), since two year old Matilda was not left with any money from the late Heath Ledger's old will, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell have decided to donate whatever salaries they receive from making this movie to her.

Ledger died before being able to complete his role in the film, and rather than scrap his filmed parts and start over from scratch, Depp, Law, and Farrell stepped up to take over from where he left off so his role could remain in the final production of the film.

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Depp, Law & Farrell's Gift To Ledger's Daughter (16 August 2008 7:15 AM, PDT)

Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell have donated their fee for completing Heath Ledger's final film role to the late star's daughter.

The acting trio agreed to play versions of Ledger's character Tony in The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus following his death in January.

And they decided to donate their fees to two-year-old Matilda - Ledger's daughter with actress Michelle Williams - because the star left an old will which did not include the little girl.

Director Terry Gilliam has praised the actors for their generosity, saying: "They didn't take money - it goes to Heath's daughter.

"That's extraordinary! And wonderful... and when you're part of that, you think, 'Ah, this is maybe why I went into the movies in the beginning. I thought it would be full of wonderful people.' And we've got a movie full of wonderful people who did extraordinary things to help.

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