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Times
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Julia Stiles: Nineties female characters were either sexy or had glasses
It is, amazingly, a quarter of a century since a 17-year-old Julia Stiles redefined the rom-com heroine in 10 Things I Hate About You. Surly, bookish and magnificently uninterested in being liked, Kat Stratford, the lead character of Gil Junger's high-school take on The Taming of the Shrew, became a feminist icon for millennials. Kat read Sylvia Plath, kicked mocking classmates in the balls and dismissed Earnest Hemingway as an 'abusive, alcoholic misogynist who squandered half his life hanging around Picasso, trying to nail his leftovers'. Sweet and pliant she was not. 'Teen romantic comedies were very popular in the late Nineties and the female character was either sexy or had glasses on,' Stiles says, speaking from New York, where she was born
Geek Tyrant
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU Director Says a Sequel Is "Definitively in the Works" With Hopes of a New Trilogy — GeekTyrant
10 Things I Hate About You is a quintessential representation of late 90s/early 2000s coming-of-age teen romantic comedies that has stuck around and stayed a fan-favorite since it was released in 1999. The cast was perfect, and the movie had everything you could want, from angsty teens to grand romantic gestures, and big musical numbers to a prom and a happily ever after. Now, the film's director, Gil Junger, said he is working on a follow-up trilogy with original 10 Things producer Andrew Lazar. The first film is titled 10 Things I Hate About Dating , and would be followed by 10 Things I Hate About Marriage , and 10 Things I Hate About Kids . ' 10 Things I Hate About Dating is definitively in the works as a feature film,' Junger told Variety. 'We're developing it right now.' Junger went on to say that he would 'love' to work with Julia Stiles again because her 10 Things character, Kat Stratford, 'really spoke to young women in a very powerful way.' He also mentioned Larry Miller, who played Kat's father, as a possible returning cast member, although he admitted he 'hasn't thought' too much about casting yet. 'If it resonates with [the original cast] and I can have some cameos or even real parts, I'd love [that],' Junger said. The original 10 Things I Hate About You chronicles the life of Stiles' Kat Stratford, a witty but unpopular teen who lives in the shadow of her overachieving younger sister Bianca, played by Larisa Oleynik. However, her lonely adolescence is remedied when she meets outcast bad boy Patrick Verona, played by the late Heath Ledger. Ledger died in 2008 at 28 years old. When asked if he would use the films to in part honor Ledger's life, Junger said, 'I think that's a beautiful idea, and the answer is now going to be yes. …He deserves to be loved.'
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'10 Things I Hate About You' director says sequel is 'definitively in works'
Picture Credit: X Gil Junger , who directed the 1999 classic romantic comedy film '10 Things I Hate About You,' starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles , has talked about the follow up a recent sit-down with People, Junger said he is working on a follow-up trilogy with original "100 Things" producer Andrew Lazar. The first film is titled " 10 Things I Hate About Dating ," and would be followed by "10 Things I Hate About Marriage" and "10 Things I Hate About Kids," reports Things I Hate About Dating' is definitively in the works as a feature film," said Junger. "We're developing it right now."Junger went on to say that he would "love" to work with Stiles again because her "10 Things" character, Kat Stratford , "really spoke to young women in a very powerful way."He also mentioned Larry Miller, who played Kat's father, as a possible returning cast member, although he said he "hasn't thought" too much about casting yet."If it resonates with (the original cast) and I can have some cameos or even real parts, I'd love (that)," Junger original "10 Things I Hate About You" chronicles the life of Stiles' Kat Stratford, a witty but unpopular teen who lives in the shadow of her overachieving younger sister Bianca, played by Larisa film also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith is a modernization of William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew, retold in a late-1990s American high school her lonely adolescence is remedied when she meets outcast bad boy Patrick Verona, played by the late Ledger, who died in 2008 at 28 years if he would use the films to in part honor Ledger's life, Junger said, "I think that's a beautiful idea, and the answer is now going to be yes. ...He deserves to be loved."
