Kate Hudson remembers Heath Ledger as ‘loved’

Six years ago, Heath Ledger and Kate Hudson starred together in the Shekhar Kapur directed period action adventure The Four Feathers.

Now, promoting her new movie with Matthew McConaughey, Fool's Gold, Hudson, 28, stopped to reflect on her tragic former costar.

"Everybody's still processing it," she said at a press event Friday. "It's very sad, and he is loved. We're just thinking about his family right now."

On Thursday, Shekhar Kapur, 62, said in a web posting about Ledger, "He was one the most gentle, the most honest, most caring and most compassionate persons I had met. And one of the most honest actors I worked with."

Meanwhile, the 28-year-old actor's body was moved from a New York City funeral home to a nearby airport at 16:00 today, a police source has said.

The airport is unknown, but a source told Us Weekly magazine that the casket is headed for L.A., possibly as a layover on its way to Ledger's hometown of Perth, Australia.

A black suit was delivered to the funeral home for Ledger to wear.

By Owen Williams, Jan 26 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy