The infamous pencil trick scene in The Dark Knight was just as intense behind the camera as it looked on screen. During filming, Heath Ledger’s Joker slams a henchman’s head onto a table to make a pencil “disappear”, a move that had to be choreographed with extreme precision. If the pencil was not moved away in time, it could have been fatal. Despite careful planning, there were a few takes that went wrong, and the stunt performer was knocked unconscious 3 times. The end result? One of the most