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Joseph Gordon-Levittshared a sweet memory with fans to commemorate the anniversary of10 Things I Hate About You.
The beloved film starred Gordon-Levitt alongside Julia Stiles, Larisa Oleynik and the late Heath Ledger in one of his breakout roles. Gordon-Levittposted a rare shot of all fourjumping into the air on Instagram to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the film’s release on Wednesday.
“10 Things I Hate About Youcame out today, March 31st, back in 1999. I’ll never forget that summer, making that movie with such wonderful people. The best of times. Still can’t believe it was over 20 years ago,” the actor, 40, wrote alongside the picture.
10 Things I Hate About You, a modernized take on Shakespeare’sTaming of the Shrew, went on to become a teen classic, with its tale of a high schooler (Oleynik) attempting to set her sister (Stiles) up with Ledger’s Verona in order to get around their strict father’s dating rules.
The film proved a breakthrough role for Ledger (thanks in part to his swoon-worthy performance of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”), whodied at age 28 on Jan. 22, 2008after consuming a fatal mix of prescription drugs.
“Heath walked in, and I thought to myself, if this guy can read, I’m going to cast him. There was an energy to him, a sexuality that was palpable,” Junger told theNew York Timesas part of an oral history ahead of the film’s 20th anniversary.
“I know for a fact he was in recovery prior to his death. He was trying to get healthy,” costar and friend David Krumholtz told theTimesin the same piece. “I just want people to know there was a suffering individual there, who couldn’t have been a lovelier human being. I prefer to remember Heath as a 20-year-old kid doing his first American lead with a big giant Cheshire grin smile on his face, taking charge as the leader of the group like any good ensemble leader should.”
source: people.com
