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10 Things I Hate About You cast reunite with Julia Stiles for Heath Ledger tribute on Dancing with the Stars

Stiles was joined by five other stars of 10 Things I Hate About You during the emotional tribute.

The cast of 10 Things I Hate About You standing on stage.

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Published: Wednesday, 21 October 2026 at 2:44 pm

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Julia Stiles staged an epic reunion with the cast of 10 Things I Hate About You on Tuesday night’s episode (20 October) of Dancing With the Stars.

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The actress, who starred as Kat Stratford in the 1999 film, is competing on the current season of the hit ABC dancing show alongside professional partner Ezra Sosa.

During Tuesday night's episode, Stiles honoured her late 10 Things I Hate About You co-star Heath Ledger with a dance to Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli, which is the song that Ledger’s Patrick Verona serenades Stiles's Kat with at the end of the movie.

The routine saw Stiles and Sosa recreate various moments from the film, before a photo of Stiles and Ledger in the film appeared on screen and Stiles laid a rose on the stairs.

The actress was then joined on stage by five other stars of 10 Things I Hate About You: Gabrielle Union, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Andrew Keegan, and Susan May Pratt.

The former co-stars gathered together and held hands while looking at the photo of Stiles and Ledger.

You can watch the routine for yourself below:

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Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in 2008 at the age of 28.

Written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, 10 Things I Hate About You was a modern high school retelling of Shakespeare’s comedy The Taming of the Shrew.

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The film went on to become a cult classic and also marked break-throughs for Stiles, Ledger and Gordon-Levitt.

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