10 Issues I Hate About You was launched again in 1999, and is arguably among the best Excessive Faculty films of all time. A contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, the comedy (which is streaming with a Disney+ subscription) remains to be endlessly quotable and a beloved rom-com. And the film’s director just lately defined why late actor Heath Ledger landed the position of Patrick Verona again within the day.
I grew up watching 10 Issues I Hate About You over and over on syndication, and I feel it is among the best ’90s films of all time. Director Gil Junger just lately spoke to EW concerning the casting course of, which embrace seeing a whole bunch of males for Patrick. As he put it:
Actors at all times needed to know, ‘What did he do? What did he do to make you solid him?’ He was magic. The reality of the matter is we had been casting and he walked into the room, and I am very choosy. I had already learn 253 guys — 253 guys! After which Marcia Ross, the top of Disney casting, mentioned, ‘Look, this subsequent child, I do not know him. It is a favor for an agent I respect. So if he is no good, simply cease it and ship him on his means.’
That is present enterprise, of us. Casting is a singular course of, and typically individuals are seen thanks to private favors. That is what occurred with Heath Ledger in 10 Issues I Hate About You, though the Oscar-winning actor was capable of ship within the position and land the half. Actually it is arduous to think about anybody else within the position.
10 Issues I Hate About You is not a giant blockbuster, so it could be stunning that so many actors had been introduced in by the casting director. Later in that very same interview, Junger went on to share how Heath Ledger ended up dazzling them throughout this lengthy and grueling course of. As he shared:
Remember, I have been casting for months and didn’t have the man but. And that is the God’s trustworthy fact, on my mother and father’ life: He took three steps into the room, and my thought was, ‘If this fucker can learn English, I will solid him.’ He simply had a magnetism not like I’ve ever felt. It was plain. If there’s outdated souls, he will need to have been centuries outdated as a result of he simply had a means about him that — he was solely 17, and but he simply was so assured and loving and needed to be the perfect he may very well be. He was simply an unimaginable younger man.
This is only one story that exhibits what sort of actor Heath Ledger was. Regardless of his younger age, he had the charisma and star energy to land the main position in 10 Issues I Hate About You. This rom-com was simply the tip of the ice berg, and he is go on to present acclaimed performances in a variety of different initiatives. That features Brokeback Mountain, and his Oscar-winning position as Joker in The Darkish Knight Rises.
10 Issues I Hate About You is streaming now on Disney+. We’ll simply have to attend and see if any of the titles on the 2025 film launch listing finally ends up being fairly as iconic.