Julia Stiles on Kat from 10 Things I Hate About You.
Julia Stiles known as the former teen movie queen — and perhaps her most famous character is Kat Stratford from 10 things i hate about you.
The smart, strong-willed high school feminist always spoke her mind and tried to avoid what others thought of her. Stiles, 43, believes she would do the same thing today.
When asked where she thought Kat would be now, Stiles answered Fashion“Hopefully a lot happier after high school. She’s either touring in a rock band or living in a cottage in Costa Rica, making her own sourdough bread and having no screens around her. And she surfs.’
Sounds right us!
In the 1999 coming-of-age film Styles and the Dead Heath Ledger played star-crossed lovers Kat and Patrick Verona, respectively. The pair reluctantly fall for each other amid school angst. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Cameron James), Gabrielle Union (Virginity), Alison Janney (Mrs. Perky), David Krumholz (Michael Ekman), Larisa Aleynik (Bianca Stratford), Andrew Keegan (Joey Donner) and Susan May Pratt (Mandela) made up a stellar supporting cast.
The beloved 10 Things I Hate About You debuted 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 couple reluctantly fell in love with each other against the backdrop of (…)
If you remember what it was like to work with Ledger – who died at the age of 28 On January 22, 2008, after an accidental drug overdose — Styles said the Oscar winner was “such a bright light.»
“He was such an energetic, good force. He was very magnetic, very charismatic and we all had a great time working on this film,” she said. Fashion. “I’m really grateful that he was so kind to me. For my first experience as a lead in a major studio film, and especially in romantic situations, you have to really feel comfortable with the person you’re acting against, and he made me very comfortable.”
People are still obsessed with their partnership and Gil Junger– director’s cinema in general. 25 years after its release, Stiles believes fans still hold the film in high regard because “it’s written so well.”
“It was a really smart team of writers, Karen McCullough and Kirsten Smithwho in many ways—like Kat Stratford—didn’t subjugate their intelligence, humor, and observation to trends,” Stiles said. Fashion. “They were very innovative, and they said, ‘This is our personality and our sense of humor, and this is what the movie is going to be,’ and that authenticity, I think, is what audiences respond to.”
After the success of 10 thingsStiles continued filming To you, Save the last dance, O, The prince and meand The Bourne Identity franchise. Now she is a busy mother of three children, whom she and her husband have Preston J. Cookin addition to being an actress, writer and director.
She recently released her directorial debut, a rom-com I wish you were herein the main role Isabel Furman and Mena Masudand according to the 2017 novel Rene Carlino.
Julia Stiles is paying tribute to her 10 Things I Hate About You co-star Heath Ledger years after his untimely death. “He was amazing,” Styles, 43, told E! News in an interview published on Tuesday, January 14. “He was such a bright light.” While Stiles said that she and all her colleagues (…)
“I wanted to make a romantic movie that was really about human characters,” Stiles said. Us Weekly about the project, which premiered on Friday, January 17.
She also admitted that being a mother is the best “training for a director”.
“You have to be good at time management, you have to be a multi-tasker. You have to be present but also think 10 steps ahead. You have to be good at sleep deprivation,” she joked.
The actress added that in both directing and parenting, you have to “manage people’s emotions and needs, but also direct them,” concluding, “100 percent (it’s) the best teaching.”
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