Julia feels a special connection with Stiles. 10 Things I Hate About You As a highlight of his career.
The 43-year-old actress shared that the 1999 classic is still the film for which she is most recognized.
“Something’s in the sky and I love it,” Stiles said People magazine on Wednesday, January 15, in his directorial debut I wish you were here.
“I was a 17-year-old actress auditioning and I was getting a lot of annoying comments like, ‘You’re too serious’ or ‘You need to be sexier’ or ‘Smile more,’ and I I was a victim because I was still trying to figure out who I was.” Mona Lisa smile said the star.
Opening up about her emotional connection with the film, she revealed, “And then I read. 10 Things I Hate About You And Kate Stratford was like this happy girl who didn’t care what people thought of her. So it meant a lot to me to be in this film and it’s great that it still resonates with people.
This came after Stiles discussed working with Heath Ledger. Watch what happens live With Andy Cohen during an appearance on January 13th.
“He was such a force. He walked into a room and just lit it up and had so much energy and passion, and it’s really sad that he’s gone.”
Ledger died on January 22, 2008 at the age of 28.