The beloved 10 Things I Hate About You made its debut on March 31, 1999, and more than two decades later, fans are still talking about the romantic comedy.
Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger played star-crossed lovers Kat Stratford and Patrick Verona, respectively. The pair reluctantly fell in love with each other amid a backdrop of high school angst. Meanwhile, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Cameron James), Gabrielle Union (Chastity), Allison Janney (Ms. Perky), David Krumholtz (Michael Eckman), Larisa Oleynik (Bianca Stratford), Andrew Keegan (Joey Donner) and Susan May Pratt (Mandella) made up the star-studded supporting cast.
“I have so many great memories from that movie that are fading because it has been 20 years,” Stiles told Us in February 2019. “But it was just such a special time where we were all so excited.”
She added, “It was my first big job and I really loved that part because I hadn’t seen the character of a teenage girl so feisty before and that just felt really refreshing and I was really, really happy to be a part of it.”
Many of the 10 Things I Hate About You actors have gone on to conquer Hollywood. However, Ledger died at age 28 from an accidental drug overdose in January 2008.
“He was so nice. He was such a force,” Stiles said of Ledger while speaking to Us Weekly in October 2014. recalled. “He was, even at that age, a very, very powerful, lovely human being.”
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