• The romantic comedy "10 Things I Hate About You" premiered in 1999. • Its plot is based on a Shakespearean play, and there are nods to his works throughout the movie. • "10 Things I Hate About You" was written by the "Legally Blonde" screenwriters.

Directed by Gil Junger, "10 Things I Hate About You" came out in 1999.

The romantic comedy is still popular decades later, and it helped launch the careers of its stars Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Gabrielle Union, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Here are a few things you might not know about it.

"10 Things I Hate About You" is loosely based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."

The rom-com used many of the play's character names and put a modern twist on its plot.

The play, like the movie, centers on two very different sisters, and t

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