Washington, Nov 1 : Michelle Williams has revealed that the “intensity” of filming ‘Blue Valentine’ helped her get over her late partner Heath Ledger’s death.

The 31-year-old actress who has a six-year-old daughter Matilda from the late actor, said that she had “buried” her emotions following her former fiance’s passing in 2008, but the intensity of the 2010 film was a form of “therapy” for her which finally helped her move on.

“I felt that I had gotten back to where I was and that I felt like myself and was rediscovering a lot of emotions that I had buried since Heath’s death, Contactmusic quoted her as telling OK! magazine.

“Maybe the intensity of the film and the fact my character was falling in love with Ryan [Gosling]’s character had something to do with that.

“But it was a film where we were very isolated and spent so much time going through the intense emotions of the characters that it had this liberating effect on me.

“You could call it a form of therapy. That film also took me to lots of dark places and sometimes when you confront sadness and fears it can resolve lots of issues in your head,” she added.

Williams is much happier these days and focuses all her attention on her daughter. (ANI)