RETROSPECTIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING: This morning, 10 Things I Hate About You was on FX, and I caught a few minutes of it. While the film still mostly holds up, what's impressive is how far the cast has gone off it in later years--8 Golden Globe nominations (Gordon-Levitt, Stiles, Ledger (x2), Janney (x4)) and 1 win (Ledger for Dark Knight, with Stiles an unlikely potential winner this year), 6 Emmy nominations (all for Janney, who won 4, with Stiles a probable nominee for Dexter next cycle), 2 Academy Award nominations (both for Ledger, one of which is a win), and a Tony nomination for best actress in a musical (Janney for 9 to 5).
Other members of the cast have had decent commercial success--David Krumholtz (Numb3rs, Serenity), Larry Miller (who's worked consistently as a H!ITG!), Gabrielle Union (who also managed to appear in Bring It On and has worked consistently in movies pitched to a more urban demographic), and Daryl Mitchell (whose career was briefly and sadly interrupted by a paralyzing motorcycle accident, but who's also worked pretty consistently). Given that the cast was almost entirely relative unknowns (Gordon-Levitt was on Third Rock, but that was about it for big U.S. credits), that's damn impressive work.
I love this movie. Watchable no matter when it's on.
ReplyDeleteLarissa "Alex Mack" Oleynik was probably the biggest name at the time it was released.
ReplyDeleteUmm, obviously the most important person in the cast would go on to be the best goddamn ballet dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who are you? Nobody.
ReplyDeleteThis really is a great movie. I would possibly say that Andrew Keegan may have edged Larissa Oleynik out for biggest name at the time, but only slightly. He was in Camp Nowhere, after all. Anyone else love that one? Anyone?
I contemplated whether Oleynik was bigger than Gordon-Levitt, but Third Rock was a 11M averager in its heyday, which gives him more mainstream fame, even if he was not the lead, unlike Oleynik in Alex Mack.
ReplyDeleteLove this movie love this scene
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I can't *not* watch this movie if I come across it on TV. Love it -- especially the scene that slowlylu posted. Heath sings!
ReplyDeleteI really liked Krumholtz's small role in Ray.
ReplyDeleteI finally got around to watching the short-lived "10 Things" tv series - it was really very good and I hate that it was cancelled so soon.
10 Things marked the first time I ever saw Ledger, who smote me, despite the hair. 10 Things and Shakespeare in Love and She's the Man are my favorite Shakespeare adaptations. Infinitely enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteDid you really just say "more urban demographic" ugh.
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