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The film is largely remembered for the breakout performance of the late Heath Ledger. As Patrick Verona, Ledger embodies the archetypal "bad boy with a heart of gold," yet he infuses the character with a rogueish charm that elevates him above a standard trope. His scenes with Julia Stiles crackle with a genuine, adversarial chemistry. Stiles portrays Kat not merely as "angry," but as a young woman frustrated by the hypocrisy of her peers. Her feminism is sharp and sometimes abrasive, but ultimately vulnerable.