Heath Ledger called Shekhar Kapur his elder brother. Kapur, 62, told The Daily Telegraph in a new interview that he had planned a film called The Nine O’Clock War — about a television reporter who was turning a war into a reality TV show — but the film lies in limbo because he had planned for his buddy Ledger, 28, to play the lead role.

“He was jet-lagged, but he was looking forward to the next day,” a devastated Kapur said, being the last person Ledger spoke to before his death last month.

“We were talking about meeting up, and laughing about synchronicity because I had booked a massage for him at three o’clock, and he’d booked one for himself at the same ti-me. He told me to call him in the morning. I said, ‘I won’t disturb you if you’re tired.’ But he said, ‘No, call me. Wake me up, and we’ll meet.’ There was nothing he said that gave me the impression he was depressed. And, by the time I called, he was gone.” he said. — Agencies