Heath Ledger became a true heartthrob after appearing in the 1998 movie 10 Things I Hate About You with Julia Stiles. Heath didn't want to be stereotyped as a teen hottie, as he told the Houston Chronicle, "I was a young kid from Australia, and that was the only movie someone was willing to put me in, so what do you do? You've got to start somewhere. I just didn't want to stay there."