Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger
line image; movie magicJulia Stiles Singing her praises 10 things I hate about you supporting role Heath Ledger Many years after his untimely death.
“He’s awesome,” Styles, 43, EXCLUSIVELY said Well! message “He was a shining light,” he said in an interview published Tuesday, Jan. 14.
While Styles gushed that she and all of her costars “had a great time and bonded on set” on the 1998 film, she recalled that there was something different about Ledger’s interactions. “He walked into the room and turned on the lights,” she said.
Stiles, who was starring in the beloved romantic comedy for the first time, said Ledger was “very kind and generous to me.”
“You know, when you’re starring in a big movie for the first time as an actress, you need to feel comfortable with another person,” Styles said. “He was very generous in that regard.”
Stiles and Ledger played high school sweethearts in the film, which also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Cameron James), Gabrielle Union (chastity), Allison Janney (Ms. Purkey), David Kruholz (Michael Aikman), Larissa Oleinik (Bianca Stratford), Andrew Keegan (Joy Donnell) and susan may pratt (Mandela).
Ledger died of an accidental overdose in 2008 at the age of 28. A toxicology report released at the time showed that Ledger died of “acute intoxication caused by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.”
Reflecting on filming with Ledger, Stiles said her character Kate Stratford’s paintball date with Heath’s Patrick Verona was “really, really fun.” Styles also noted that the scene in which Kate reads her poem aloud in class elicited an emotional response.
The beloved 10 Things I Hate About You premiered on March 31, 1999, and more than two decades later, fans are still talking about the romantic comedy. Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger star as star-crossed lovers Kate Stratford and Patrick Verona, respectively. The two fell in love helplessly in the background […]
“In the scene where I was reading the poem, I didn’t expect to start crying or tearing up or getting choked up, whatever,” Styles recalled. “But it only happened because the movie was wrapping up and production was wrapping up. I think I was very moved by the whole experience.
In the years since its release 10 things I hate about youStyles revealed. US Weekly In 2019, her memory of the movie is fading.
“I have a lot of great memories of that movie, but they’re all disappearing because it’s been 20 years,” Stiles said. “But it was a very special moment and we were all very excited.”
She added: “This is my first big job and I really love this role because I’ve never seen such a dynamic teenage girl character before and it feels really refreshing and I really Very happy to be a part of it”.
