Julia Stiles she is known as the old queen of teen movies – and perhaps her most famous character is Kat Stratford from 10 Things I Hate About You.

The smart, feminist high schooler always speaks her mind and tries to avoid what others think of her in doing so. Stiles, 43, believes he would be doing the same thing today.

When asked where he thought Kat would be now, Stiles said Vogue“Hopefully, we will be very happy after high school. Either he’s in a rock band or he lives in a cabin in Costa Rica, he makes his own sourdough bread, and he has no blankets around him. And, he totally swims.

It is clear that Us!

In the upcoming 1999 film, Stiles is a latecomer Heath Ledger they played star-crossed lovers Kat and Patrick Verona, respectively. The two reluctantly fall in love amidst the struggles of high school. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Cameron James), Gabrielle Union (Self-control), Allison Janney (Mrs. Perky), David Krumholtz (Michael Eckman), Larisa Oleynik (Bianca Stratford) Andrew Keegan (Joey Donner) and Susan May Pratt (Mandella) created a star-studded support team.

Remembering what it was like to work with Ledger – who he died when he was 28 years old on January 22, 2008, following an accidental drug overdose – Stiles said the Oscar winner was “such a bright light.“

He was strong, kind. He was magnetic, very charismatic, and we all had a great time working on the film,” he said Vogue. “I am very grateful that he was so kind to me. It was my first time being a lead in a major studio movie, and, especially, in a romance, you have to be comfortable with someone you act differently from, and he made me comfortable. “

People are still busy with their relationship as well Gil Junger– well directed film. Twenty-five years after its release, Stiles thinks fans still respect the film because “the writing was so good.”

“It was a brilliant group of women writers, Karen McCullough and Kirsten Smithwho in many ways – like Kat Stratford – haven’t changed their attitude, humor and analysis to fashion,” said Stiles. Vogue. “They were very pioneering, and they were like, ‘This is our personality and our humor and this is what the movie is going to be,’ and I think that authenticity is what audiences respond to.”

After the success of 10 ThingsStiles continued to enter Under You, Save the Last Dance, Oh, Prince and Meand The Bourne Identity permission. Today, she is a busy mother of three children, who she shares with her husband Preston J. Cookon top of being an actor, writer and director.

He recently released his first novel, a rom-com Wish you Were Herestars Isabelle Fuhrman and Mena Massoudand based on the 2017 edition of the book Renee Carlino.

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“I wanted to make a romantic movie that was about people,” Stiles said Us Weekly of the project, which began on Friday, January 17.

She also admitted that being a mother was “the best lesson in being a leader”.

“You have to be good at managing time, you have to be multitasking. You have to be present and think 10 steps ahead. You have to work hard and not sleep,” he joked.

The actor added that when giving advice and raising children you have to “manage people’s thoughts and needs and guide them,” finally, “100 Lessons (are) the best.”