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For a 2004 photo project for Interview magazine, Watts took Ledger, a skateboarding enthusiast, to the Los Angeles River. “We went up and down freely on the skateboard. I was in the back and towed him,” he explained. “In some of the footage, you can see I have the tow rope and he’s holding it. He loved it.” Watts also did publicity shots for Ned Kelly, including one in which Ledger holds his fingers like a gun pointing to his head. “I didn’t really give it much thought,” Watts said of the scary shot. “I kind of do it myself sometimes when I’m feeling really stressed or upset.”