Andrew Keegan Revisits 1st Heath Ledger Meeting in an Elevator

10 Issues I Hate About You was memorable to actor Andrew Keegan from the second he stepped on set.

“I imply the final expertise is a implausible reminiscence,” Keegan, 45, solely instructed Us Weekly at ‘90s Con on Friday, September 13, noting that assembly costar Heath Ledger was a specific spotlight.

“We didn’t have social media then [and] I feel I had seen [only] his headshot or one thing,” Keegan recalled. “I’m on the lodge, we’re ready to do the rehearsals … and I get on the elevator and swiftly it’s about to shut the door and the hand is available in and stops the door.”

He continued, “This long-haired — odd-looking to me — man is getting on the elevator together with his backpack or no matter else he had. So, that’s actually my first impression and at all times an important reminiscence of how I actually met [Heath]. Like, ‘Hey [nice to] meet you.’ Like, ‘Oh nice. You’re the man enjoying [Joey], obtained it.’ In order that’s at all times a humorous reminiscence.”

Ledger, who died in 2008 on the age of 28, portrayed Patrick Verona in 1999’s 10 Issues I Hate About You. Within the teen Shakespeare adaptation, Patrick is employed by Cameron (Joseph Gordon Levitt) to ask Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) on a date in order that he can exit together with her youthful sister, Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik). On the similar time, Keegan’s Joey Donner can be attempting to achieve Bianca’s favor.

10 Issues I Hate About You grew to become a cult basic, which has made Keegan’s appearances at fan conventions akin to ‘90s Con much more particular.

“The final [‘90s Con] was the primary for me, and I didn’t understand that we now have by no means had that chance,” Keegan instructed Us. “If you make a movie, you go to a premiere [and] no one’s seen the movie earlier than. That is actually the alternative [because] these exhibits and flicks have been seen a lot, and so there’s such an important appreciation and it’s very nice within the sense of [that] it’s a type of creativity … the place you get a direct response.”

He continued, “It’s cool to essentially be with individuals who admire the work. I imply, [for] me personally, for those who don’t give it some thought that always, you virtually neglect about it after which swiftly the followers don’t. … It’s fairly thrilling.”

Throughout his look at ‘90s Con, Keegan may even reunite with a number of of his former seventh Heaven costars. Keegan performed Wilson West, the on-off boyfriend of eldest Camden daughter Mary (Jessica Biel), on The WB sequence.

“I really was watching it not too long ago with my daughter,” Keegan mentioned on Friday. “And Jessica Biel and I had some actually intense scenes. … It was actually well-written and I used to be pleasantly stunned at wanting again on it. I encourage anybody that desires to return and have a look at some completely seventh Heaven episodes to observe it, however it was an important present and we had a good time.”

Keegan even met up with forged members Beverley Mitchell, David Gallagher, Mackenzie Rosman and Catherine Hicks forward of their joint conference look.

“It’s attention-grabbing to be with them now as they’re adults vs. actually they have been kids,” he quipped to Us. “So I used to be sitting throughout from Mackenzie final evening simply going, ‘Wow, I hadn’t seen [her] since she was a baby. So I barely acknowledged [her]. It was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I feel the final time I noticed you have been 10 or 8 or one thing ridiculously younger [and] now I’ve an 8-year-old.’”

With reporting by Kat Pettibone