How Heath Ledger nearly lost 10 Things I Hate About You role to TV star

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How Heath Ledger nearly lost 10 Things I Hate About You role to TV star
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It has been 25 years since the iconic movie was released.

When 10 Things I Hate About You was released, 25 years ago, viewers all over the world fell head over heels for Heath Ledger and his sizzling talent, as well as his blinding chemistry with fellow unknown, Julia Stiles, but that very nearly wasn’t the case.

’ With the cast finally in place just days before production was due to begin, there was another hurdle when Junger petitioned for the entire movie to be relocated to Washington State, because he wanted to avoid ‘another LA movie’ after the success of Clueless four years prior. They eventually got the go-ahead to move everything – for $1million, a huge portion of the overall $11million budget – and leapt into action, bringing 10 Things to Seattle with just two weeks of prep time.

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