David Krumholtz says filming kept him from ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ reunion

David Krumholtz said Wednesday, October 21, that filming in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York kept him from joining his former ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ castmates in Los Angeles the previous night. The cast reunited on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ after Julia Stiles performed a tribute to their late co-star Heath Ledger.

In an Instagram video reported by Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, Krumholtz said he was shooting a film and could not be at the Tuesday, October 20, taping. ‘I would have loved, loved, loved to have been there,’ he said. He praised Stiles’ tribute to Ledger, whom he called a dear friend, and said he was proud of her.

Who joined Julia Stiles on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Ledger died in 2008 at age 28. In ‘10 Things I Hate About You’, Krumholtz played Michael Eckman, a friend of Gordon-Levitt’s character, Cameron James. The film’s reunion centered on Stiles’ tribute to Ledger, whose character’s stadium serenade gave the televised dance its musical connection to the movie.

Krumholtz addresses his absence

Krumholtz also joked in his video that joining the cast after shaving what remained of his hair might have made him ‘internet fodder’. He said his appearance was not the reason he stayed away and that he would have dealt with the attention. He ended by telling his former castmates, ‘love them all’; Stiles replied to his Instagram post, ‘We love you Krumholtz!’

His explanation follows comments he made in August about putting his career on hold to focus on his mental health, according to Deadline. In the new video, he identified a filming commitment as the reason he missed the reunion; he did not name the film he said he was shooting.