Julia Stiles recently reflected on her iconic role in 10 Things I Hate About You.
In an interview with PEOPLE magazine, Julia revealed what the role truly meant to her as a teen star.
Julia, who is set for her directorial debut with Wish You Were Here, shared that "I was a 17-year-old actress auditioning and getting a lot of annoying comments like, ‘You're too serious’ or ‘you need to be sexier’ or ‘smile more’ and I was vulnerable to it because I was still trying to figure out who I was."
"And then I read 10 Things I Hate About You and Kat Stratford was like this feisty outspoken girl who did not care what people thought about her. So it meant a lot to me to be in that movie and that it resonates with people still is so great," she added further.
Moreover, Julia also shared if she's still in touch with her castmates, which includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Heath Ledger, Joshua Thorpe, Larisa Oleynik, and more saying, "A little bit, but from a distance."
"Josh lives in London and, Joseph lives in LA and I know that Larisa Oleynik is gonna be here tonight, which will be wonderful, to see her," she added.