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The film of 199910 things I hate about youCenters on romance between custic and mysterious Kat Patrick, the characters played byJulia Stiles andHeath Ledger. Themovie is very loosely based onWilliam Shakespeare.The tamed megère,So the unlikely match goes through their ups and down before falling one for the other at the end. But it turns out that out of camera, Stiles was more interested in another co-star. In a recent interview,Gil Junger, the director of10 things I hate about you, says thatStiles Co-StarJoseph Gordon-Levitt during filming.

More than 20 years have passed since the exit of the film, Stiles and Gordon-Levitt have obviously moved, but the way Junger describes that their short-term relationship makes it cute enough. Read it to see what he had to say and find out more about the flock. And read about other famous pairs from the time, checkCelebrity couples from the 90s you totally forgotten.

This does not look like Stiles and Gordon-Levitt has been together for a long time.

Julia Stiles in
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Junger was interviewed by an Argentine journalistFede Carestía For his YouTube channel "Mirá A Quéen Looking" when he opened on Stiles and Gordon-Levitt.

"She, for a minute or 10, came out with Joseph Gordon-Levitt," Junger said his main lady. "They were very, very attracted to each other, which was cool." He added, "Looking at them, it was beautiful how much they enjoyed them." At the time, Stiles and Gordon-Levitt were only 18 years old.

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They did not have scenes together.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and David Krumholtz in
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In10 things I hate about you, The character of Gordon-Levitt, Cameron, wants to go out with Bianca (LARISA OLEYNIK), The little sister of Kat. But since Bianca is not allowed to go out unless his elder sister (who all the school is terrified of), Cameron Brobes Patrick must take Kat. Basically, Gordon-Levitt and Stiles do not share a lot of screen time and their characters are certainly not interested in the other.

"She professed her love in Heath and she is in love with a guy waiting in her trailer to shoot the next scene," Junger of the dynamics on the board.

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Apparently, Stiles used his feelings for Gordon-Levitt as a source of inspiration for the most memorable scene of the film.

Julia Stiles in
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One of the most emblematic scenes of10 things I hate about you Is when Kat reads his poem on all the things she hates about Patrick-including the fact that she loves him - at his class of English. According to Junger, Stiles thought of Gordon-Levitt while performing this scene.

"She told me," I just thought about that name that she was deeply in love at the time, "Junger said. Carestía asked who she referred to, if not leader, and It's when Junger revealed that she was in fact in Gordon-Levitt. "It was one of the magic performances I recorded in my life."

He added that they only needed a grip.

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Stiles has already referenced his relationship with Gordon-Levitt.

Julia Stiles at the BAFTA TV Awards in 2019
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There have been rumors for yearsStiles actually dated the big bookDied in 2008, but Junger said it's not true. In fact, an interview of 2001 Stiles did withRolling stone Refers to Gordon-Levitt Like his "old boyfriend", according to E! New. At that time, both attended Columbia University and lived in the same dormitory. "We are friends," said Gordon-Levitt Stiles at that time. "We say hello from each other."

In an interview with 2019 withEntertainment tonight, Stiles said thatThe casting of the film has all been. "It was only a special summer, where all the actors were so young and open," she said. "We were all really good friends."

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The two actors are now married to other people.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Julianne Moore's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in 2013
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Stiles and Gordon-Levitt, 40 years are married and have children. Gordon-Levitt married his wife,Tasha McCauleyIn 2014. McCauley is the founder of a robotics business and they have two children together. Gordon went on star in many movies, includingCreation,Snow, and more recently,The Trial of Chicago 7.

As for Stiles, she was married to an operator cameraPreston J. CookSince 2017, and they have a child. His career has also flourished, with some of his greatest films, including the Bourne franchise, Hustery , and Playbook of silver liners .

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