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PREVIEW: Tonight's ABC Family Soap Opera Block

The ABC Family Monday soap block features all new episodes of 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU and GREEK tonight. For GREEK, it's the season finale.

The students of CRU are on Spring Break in Myrtle Beach, which means the year is winding down and the seniors have big decisions looming over their heads. As Ashleigh contemplates her job options, Casey is on edge waiting to see where she’ll be accepted to law school. While Cappie is busy planning a romantic surprise for Casey’s birthday, she worries that not making it into CRU Law could mean the demise of their relationship. Will Cappie and Casey survive Spring Break intact? Find out in the 3rd season finale of the ABC Family hit series GREEK, premiering tonight (10:00 – 11:00 PM ET/PT). The episode, entitled "All Children... Grow Up,” was directed by Michael Lange and written by Patrick Sean Smith.

PREVIEW: Tonight's 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

When Walter Stratford goes out of town; his girls go a bit crazy with a house party. Bianca believes the party will help make her legendary and Kat brings her own “responsible” touch to the party with recycle bins and designated driver wristbands – and a very special karaoke performance. Is Kat finally letting loose? And will they really get away with throwing a house party? Find out in an all-new episode of ABC Family’s original series, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, premiering tonight (8:00 – 8:30 PM ET/PT). The episode, entitled “Fight for Your Right,” was directed by Henry Chan and written by Erin Erlich.

Meanwhile, the party stirs up relationship trouble for Chastity and Joe, while Patrick makes an unexpected appearance to clear the air with Kat after abandoning her at the dance. And Cameron is clueless to the fact that the watermelon he is “snacking” on has an extra special ingredient.


10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU is executive produced by Carter Covington. Larry Miller reprises his role as Walter Stratford, the over-protective father to the Stratford sisters -- Kat, a feminist with a razor-sharp tongue, portrayed by Lindsey Shaw, and Bianca, a girl with a plan to climb the social ladder at her new school, portrayed by Meaghan Martin. Ethan Peck takes on the role of resident bad boy, Patrick Verona. Nicholas Braun portrays Cameron James, Padua High’s “nice guy,” and Dana Davis will portray head cheerleader Chastity Church.

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When Bianca gets asked to Padua High’s Fall Fling by Beau Bradley, the captain of the soccer team, she sets out to convince Patrick to take Kat to the dance since their father has prohibited Bianca from dating until Kat does. Will Patrick give in to Bianca’s plea? Find out in an all-new episode of ABC Family’s original series, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, premiering tonight (8:00 – 8:30 PM ET/PT). The episode, entitled “Dance Little Sister,” was directed by Gil Junger and written by Barry Safchik and Michael Platt.

Meanwhile, Cameron overhears Beau talking about taking Bianca to a hotel after the dance, so he puts into action a plan that will help keep a watchful eye over her and thwart any advances by Beau.

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU is executive produced by Carter Covington. Larry Miller reprises his role as Walter Stratford, the over-protective father to the Stratford sisters -- Kat, a feminist with a razor-sharp tongue, portrayed by Lindsey Shaw, and Bianca, a girl with a plan to climb the social ladder at her new school, portrayed by Meaghan Martin. Ethan Peck takes on the role of resident bad boy, Patrick Verona. Nicholas Braun portrays Cameron James, Padua High’s “nice guy,” and Dana Davis will portray head cheerleader Chastity Church.

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When local residents are evacuated to Padua High during a brushfire emergency, Bianca tries to use the crisis as yet another opportunity to win over Chastity. In order to please her, Bianca must set out to find a private room in the school for Chastity. Just how much longer will Bianca put up with Chastity’s spoiled personality? Find out in an all-new episode of ABC Family’s original series 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU premiering tonight (8:00 – 8:30 PM ET/PT). The episode, entitled “Light My Fire,” was directed by Gil Junger and written by Stefanie Leder.

Meanwhile, Patrick tries to find an opportunity alone with Kat to confess his feelings, but he fears the panic from the brushfire might ruin his chances. As it turns out, Patrick and Kat do find a moment together on the school’s rooftop. But with their temperamental relationship, will they make the most of that time? Will Patrick get to tell Kat how he feels about her?

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU is executive produced by Carter Covington. Larry Miller reprises his role as Walter Stratford, the over-protective father to the Stratford sisters -- Kat, a feminist with a razor-sharp tongue, portrayed by Lindsey Shaw, and Bianca, a girl with a plan to climb the social ladder at her new school, portrayed by Meaghan Martin. Ethan Peck takes on the role of resident bad boy, Patrick Verona. Nicholas Braun portrays Cameron James, Padua High’s “nice guy,” and Dana Davis will portray head cheerleader Chastity Church.

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Q&A With 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU's Lindsey Shaw

Lindsey Shaw plays the role of Kat Stratford on ABC Family’s 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, which airs with all new episodes on Tuesday nights at 8pm ET. I recently participated in a Q&A session with the actress and the transcript is below.

Michael Goldberg (We Love Soaps): What is it like working with Larry Miller?

Lindsey Shaw: Oh my goodness, it’s a little bit like a whirlwind. You try to just follow along with what he’s saying. He’s going off on about 40 different brilliant paths all at once, and it’s wonderful. He is just the funniest man ever, and he can make a joke out of anything.

The thing I really respect about Larry Miller is that he’s such an accomplished performer, and he still has that quality of searching, as if this was his second job ever. He always finds places to make it better, to enhance it, to build a relationship. So, it’s really just giving me an example to hopefully take along my career. I just always hope that I have that searching that he has, the love of the art.

Michael Goldberg (We Love Soaps): Great. You find that that’s helped you on the set in terms of how you work with your character and in honing your craft?

Lindsey Shaw: Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. He makes sure that you’re a cooperative part of the process. He actually sometimes comes in with his own pages printed up for his scene to where he’s going to add stuff where things can be put in, and obviously, that only served as an example to me. He would ask me how I thought or what I felt. That just translates into what goes into the scene. So, it was extremely helpful for both Meaghan and I working with him so much.

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Michael Goldberg (We Love Soaps): Okay, great. I was just wondering, were you surprised when you first saw the script for the TV show? Were you surprised that they were making a show out of this movie that had been so popular?

Lindsey Shaw: I think surprised for a second. I saw it and I was like, “Cool. Let’s go to work.” I was not shocked.

Michael Goldberg (We Love Soaps): Yes, because it’s a great show.

Lindsey Shaw: Thank you very much. Thanks. You know what? You get more and more confidence as all the scripts come out and you see that this is a good show, and that it wasn’t just thrown together. There was a lot of thought put into it. So, it’s a really great show, completely independent of the movie, so that’s what not surprises you, but just brings it all full circle.

Jamie Steinberg (Starry Constellation Magazine): I was just wondering what made you decide to be a part of this project? What was it about the script or that cast that made you interested?

Lindsey Shaw: Well, the biggest factor for me was that I needed to pay the rent, and this is a network to get a job on. So, I came out and I did this audition and obviously once you do the first audition and know that you’re coming back, your investment in the project, more than doubles, triples, quadruples.

So, you do a little more research and you find out who’s involved, and upon doing that, I found out that Gil Junger, the director, was going to do the same, and we were getting Larry Miller back, which was hugely exciting for me, somebody who kind of had defined themselves as a comedic actress thus far in my career. I got to read the entire script, which I responded to immediately, and I could see myself doing it immediately, so those were the big points that kind of sucked me in.

Jamie Steinberg (Starry Constellation Magazine): Now, there’s great chemistry between all of the cast members. Did you find it to be instant, or did you guys spend a little time having to work at it?

Lindsey Shaw: No, it was instant. I mean, every person on this cast is an artist and they’re dauntless, and they have mastered these characters, and everybody came in with this sort of confidence. Nobody felt a real power trip, so there was nothing to get over. It gelled, the second we met each other, and it’s been a joy to work with them ever since. I respect all of them so much.

Jamie Steinberg (Starry Constellation Magazine): Have you had a most memorable moment from filming so far?

Lindsey Shaw: Most memorable moment. Well, I had to do this drunk scene, this little dance if you will, and that was kind of intense. It was like two hours at 7:00 in the morning of just drunken dancing. So, you’re going to have to stay tuned to find out which episode that comes in at, but that was certainly memorable.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Where do you draw your inspiration for the character from? Did you take a lot from the movie, or do you just sort of try to do more of your own thing?

Lindsey Shaw: I really did try to do my own thing, just because we’re not replicating the movie. There’s no need for me to draw anything from the movie other than kind of a springboard for where these characters were at story wise. So, I kind of drew the inspiration really a lot from my own life. I feel so much like Kat in so many regards, and it was so funny.

As the season went on, as the scripts came out, I was reading these scenes that she either had with her father or with her friend or with Patrick, and I was thinking, “Wow. I have talked to somebody like this at some point. I’ve had this intention in my mind. I’ve experienced this frustration over this particular thing in the past.” So, it was quite easy to draw from my own experience for a lot of who she is. She is very frustrated, and I find myself very frustrated, as everybody does. I find myself very frustrated at points in my life over particular issues like Kat, so that was ample, ample inspiration to draw from.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Great. So, what kind of different challenges do you find in this role than some of the other ones you’ve done so far?

Lindsey Shaw: The other characters that I’ve played, like on Ned’s Declassified, that was a kid’s show. It didn’t require a lot of character development. And then I worked on Aliens in America, and I played this girl, Claire, who was for the most part fairly one note in that series, with the exception of a couple of episodes. But this character, she obviously plays a big part in this series. Therefore, the audience both has to root for her and feel bad for her, also be able to get mad at her and come back again. You know what I mean?

She has this quality of likability, but being very strong, and sometimes it’s easy to go in one of those directions too far, and it doesn’t serve the character to lose that balance. That’s what the producer and director were really their main points of helping me work on this first ten that we did, was just trying to find that balance and keep that balance between strength and softness. That was such a challenge for me at times, and it was wonderful.

That’s one of the reasons that I fell in love with her in the beginning, and not only that, but I find so much of the balance that I’m trying to find with her, I find myself even bringing that over into my own life and thinking of some of those. So, it’s been really sort of a profound character for me to play thus far at this point in my career.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): What’s your favorite part about working on the show?

Lindsey Shaw: Getting to work with all of the amazing people. I think Gil Junger is one of the best directors I’ve ever worked with, and I hope to know him for a long, long time. Carter and this entire cast and all of our team of writers, they’re just so inspirational and uplifting. It was such a joy, such a creative space to work in every day. To have all of them be your own age, you feel like you’re working with your friends, you know, and they are your friends. That was basically it. Always the people.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Great. Thank you very much.

Lindsey Shaw: Thank you.

Traci Grant (thestarscoop.com): The last time that we talked, it was when you started out on Ned’s Declassified. So, I was hoping you could tell me a little bit about just your fan base and how they are sort of transitioning with you as you’ve gone from this, as you said, kid’s show into this more mature role?

Lindsey Shaw: Right. You know, it’s been amazing that you don’t have an idea of the number of fans that will come up to me or write me letters or stop me and ask me like, “Oh my gosh. You’re on the new show, 10 Things I Hate About You, but I also love you from Ned’s Declassified.” So many of them came up and followed me, and it’s incredible to be able to work on one project and then this next one, and have them be able to come up and watch it.

It’s age-appropriate for them now that they’ve grown up. So, it’s kind of like they’ve grown up with me, which is sort of the most amazing quality I think you can have in your fans. Hopefully, they will just continue to grow with me, and it’s just been wonderful. It brings you back down to that first moment that everybody knows what you’ve gone through and been through since these series. You feel very intimate with them.

Traci Grant (thestarscoop.com): Definitely, and kind of while we’re on the topic of fans, do you have a sort of, as your career has grown and as you’ve built your fan base, do you have sort of a favorite fan story or moment that you kind of want to share with us?

Lindsey Shaw: I had this really amazing fan write me this piece of fan mail, and inside it there was a CD. It was from this band and they said, “Your art has inspired us, and we are sending you our CD to kind of say thank you and to share our art with you.” It wasn’t even like a fan encounter. It was like two artists talking to each other or just two people who have made a connection through art, who they’ve never even met, but they wanted to share their art. I don’t know. I was just so struck by that and so honored. It felt like, I don’t know, we shared. It was awesome.

Troy Rogers (Deadbolt.com): [A recent episode dealt] with fixing cars. I just wanted to know, are you mechanically inclined at all or is that something you’re interested in?

Lindsey Shaw: Unfortunately, I am not at all mechanically inclined.

Troy Rogers (Deadbolt.com): Okay. You and Meaghan play sisters. How do you two get along off set?

Lindsey Shaw: Oh, we get along wonderfully. We are sort of the exact opposite of each other. I am sometimes a little blunt, and sort of in your face, and she’s this amazing, petite, sweet, little, awesome, sweet girl, and so it’s such a contrast even off set. She is such a wonderful girl with the greatest intentions, and such a great amount of talent, and I cannot even tell you how many times the rest of the cast, we looked at each other and just were in awe at how much she had grown from the first episode to our last episode. It was just exponential. Her talent was just, it was really quite incredible. Just to be able to watch that and work with her, I just felt like I’ve been there. It’s like this big sister protective figure. I just really love her.

Troy Rogers (Deadbolt.com): Awesome. We did a conference call with Ethan Peck a couple of weeks ago, and the first thing I noticed was that he’s got like a near-perfect voice.

Lindsey Shaw: He is near perfect, isn’t he? I also do interviews with him all the time. It’s like, here’s my voice and then the top voice ever in the world.

Troy Rogers (Deadbolt.com): I was going to say, is he intimidating at all to work with?

Lindsey Shaw: No. Ethan is not at all intimidating. That is the wrong word. He is just completely honest and amazing. He’s really just the most honest person ever. Like, you look at him and you can’t get away with anything. So, intimidating is not the word. Just honest.

Kendra White (Sidereel.com): With the show focused mainly on two girls dealing with high school in extremely different ways, I was curious what you think young girls take away from watching the show.

Lindsey Shaw: I think from this show young girls should see two role models, two people who fall down, but then get back up. Two people who, for the most part in their minds, think that they’re doing the right thing. Two people who make mistakes, but then can correct themselves. You know what I mean?

I think that our failures in this show are just as educational as our successes, and I think that both of our characters have something to offer beyond girls learning to be more selfless, and Kat learning to be more in-tune, less righteous, more realistic. So, I think that there are things that they can learn from both of these characters, and I think it would be a tragedy not to capitalize on what both characters have to offer.

Kendra White (Sidereel.com): Most part this year, Kat and Bianca’s dad is continually telling Bianca how she should more like Kat. How do you think Kat could be more like Bianca?

Lindsey Shaw: Bianca has this eternally optimistic spirit about her. She always looks at the good, always has a positive spin to put on things, and I think Kat could benefit from that so much. She so often goes completely to the other end of the spectrum, and just looks at things with this pessimistic attitude that a lot of times gets her into trouble. I think Bianca’s eternal optimism, which is so much a part of Meaghan, like that’s a huge part of herself that she brought to this character, to learn from that is good, I think. I think that’s an amazing quality, and Lindsey can also learn from Meaghan in that regard.

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): Your TV character, Kat, is rather different than the one in the movie, and personally I love how you portray your character, but in general, what reactions have you gotten about it?

Lindsey Shaw: Well, I’ve really only gotten fan reactions, kind of, about it, which fans tend to enjoy it, and they tell me that they like it, and I’ve gotten their reaction. The reviews seem to suggest that it’s a fairly balanced show, so I think that it’s been received well thus far. I don’t know. I feel kind of weird about answering this question. Is that weird?

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): No, I understand. It is weird because it’s the perspectives of your fans and how it’s been for you.

Lindsey Shaw: Yes. I’m sorry. I think that the show is balanced and that everybody’s doing a good job. There’s my politically-correct answer.

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): That’s a great answer. So, speaking of your fans, I was reading online that some of the viewers while they love you on 10 Things I Hate About You, they also think you should have been cast as Bella in the movie Twilight. What do you think about that?

Lindsey Shaw: No, I have to tell you. I’m sorry. The last person who asked me about the greatest fan encounter, it was actually at a Best Buy, and this woman was helping me buy a computer. This woman was in like, I mean, she was a middle-aged woman, like 50s. We got to talking and for some reason, it takes hours to buy a computer, but we got to talking, and she was like, “What do you do?” I was like, “I’m an actress.” She was like, “Oh my God. I knew it. Bella from Twilight?” It’s so awkward to correct that. I always heard people telling me stories like that, but it’s extremely awkward in person. I was just like, “No. Have you ever seen 10 Things I Hate About You?” and she just looked at me. So, that was the greatest fan encounter.

In regards to that, I actually have no opinion of that either way, because have not educated myself at all with anything Twilight-related. I don’t know if that’s good or bad, but I don’t know. Thank you? A big franchise?

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): Yes, I would take it as a compliment. One last question. Do you have any input on your wardrobe on the show?

Lindsey Shaw: You know, I say, “Oh my gosh, I like this.” But the genius behind it is really our wardrobe department, who just put out cute outfit after cute outfit. It’s awesome, and the character has stayed consistent throughout the entire show wardrobe-wise. So, I say, “Ooh, that’s pretty.” Or “Ooh, I like that.” That’s about all the input that I have.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): What got you starting in acting in the beginning?

Lindsey Shaw: What got me started in acting. Loaded question. I don’t know. Just always the urge to entertain. I really like being the center of attention, which maybe is not the more solid reason to drop everything and move out to LA., but that’s what happened. Luckily, my love for it just grew as I learned what it was to act, to be on a set, who prolific actors were, the spirit behind the work. So, from there it just kind of grew and built, and luckily, I was able to stay out here. It was purely luck.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Right. If it didn’t work, though, when you weren’t acting, what do you think you’d be doing now?

Lindsey Shaw: I would be in school 100%. I would be in school studying some kind of science, biology, or quantum physics. That’s such a leap and perhaps better things I could be doing with my life, but I like playing pretend, so science can wait.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Good. So, what would be your ultimate dream role if you could just pick and choose?

Lindsey Shaw: To do a peace thing like the 60s. Just to do some kind of revolution, I’m very drawn to that. I would totally be in for any revolution we have nowadays. Just the spirit of that time and the culture of that time is so fascinating that I would love to be able to have an excuse to completely submerge myself in it, you know?

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Would you ever be interested in writing or directing, or are you just for the acting?

Lindsey Shaw: I would love to write something. Writing was a huge passion of mine when I was younger, and somehow I stopped, which is horrendous. But I love writing, just stories and novels. I don’t know about scripts, but just stories, short stories.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Well, thank you very much.

Lindsey Shaw: Thank you.

Victoria Upegi (AcedMagazine.com): I have a question about teen pregnancy and abstinence. They’re kind of out there in a lot of shows. Do you think this show addresses those issues, and how do you think the show does that?

Lindsey Shaw: I don’t know how far our show goes in, you know, it’s not overt in any of those things. If anything, it maybe dances on the side of joking about it a lot, joking about sex and sexually-related things. We actually have an episode coming up where the idea of sex is referred to quite openly, and I just think that we sort of make light of it more than put this big message on it not to do it.

Our show is a comedy, and we sort of tend to laugh at it more than try to address the issue as something serious. We obviously don’t encourage teen sex, but we do talk about it as an issue and as a comedy, we laugh at that. So, that’s all I’m going to say about that.

Victoria Upegi (AcedMagazine.com): I mean, do you take social issues into account when you take a role? Do you try to align it with your moral standing on things?

Lindsey Shaw: Of course. Of course you try to align it with your moral standing on things. I mean, I would never do any sort of commercial or advertisement that advertised anything with meat in it. But on this show, I don’t think that there is anything heavy enough that goes on that my moral compass would be skewed.

Obviously, you try to pick projects in line with yourself, but I would never go out and kill somebody, but I would also play a killer. I could also play that role. So, you do it as much as you possibly can, but I sort of reserve that for me myself. Lindsey would not condone that, but my character…

Victoria Upegi (AcedMagazine.com): I understand what you’re saying.

Lindsey Shaw: Basically I don’t feel like anything on this show would be grounds for me to be going up in arms about anything, you know what I mean? Of course, in your line of work, you want to align yourself with projects that you would like to promote.

Victoria Upegi (AcedMagazine.com): So, where would you see yourself in five years? Your ideal dream job in five years, what would that be?

Lindsey Shaw: My ideal dream job in five years would still be to be working on a great TV show. Yes, do a film here or there or whatever, but I really like working on TV. This is my third series, and I enjoy it very much, just the routine and what not. So, a movie in between a couple of seasons, that would probably be ideal.

Victoria Upegi (AcedMagazine.com): More of a light question, because I know mine have been a little loaded. Sorry for that. Do you see any onset romances developing?

Lindsey Shaw: You know, anything can happen on a set. We’re there for many hours together. So, I’m not going to rule anything out at this point. I think that that would just be a hindrance on the possibilities. So, I’m going to say perhaps.

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): What the auditioning process like for the role of Kat?

Lindsey Shaw: Actually, it’s funny. I was working on this small independent film at the time, and I had to get days off, like one day off for this audition from the director. He was wearing all the hats of the production, so obviously he was a little frazzled. So, after much coaxing, he gave the morning off so I could go and audition, and I did an audition for Carter Covington, the executive producer, and he really liked me.

I got a call later that day that told me that I was going straight to network, which was super exciting, and then I ended up booking it. We went to network and we met up. I did the chemistry read with Meaghan, and I got called that I had gotten it. The first call that I made was to that director to thank him for rearranging his schedule so I could actually go on that first audition.

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): Wow.

Lindsey Shaw: Yes. It was pretty awesome that way, I mean it was really like just the hands of fate were like okay. It all works out. Stars all align.

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): Yes, it was definitely meant to be.

Lindsey Shaw: Yes.

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): Another question. Do you have any sisters?

Lindsey Shaw: I have no sisters.

Sarah Fulghum (Totallyher.com): Well, I was thinking that, based on what I was reading about your biography, and so I was wondering where do you get your sisterly bond inspiration that you and Meaghan have?

Lindsey Shaw: Well, she has sisters. She has a sister. So, she sort of brought more to that area than I did. She’s just such an open person, she’s right there and she’s open and that just encourages you to be open with her, and I guess that’s what sisters are, just completely dauntless in front of each other, which I think when you’re doing a TV show together, you have to be somewhat fearless to go into it and make it worth watching. So, we were both going into this, and working so closely together, and I’ve never played kind of a close sisterly bond before, but she made it so easy. We just, I don’t know. We just got each other from the start, mostly because she laughed at all of my jokes and thought this is a cool chick.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Is there any scene that you filmed that didn’t end up in the final cut that you wished did?

Lindsey Shaw: Nothing really much of our show was ever cut. There might have been a line here or there, but certainly not a whole scene, so no. I’m glad everything made the show, especially all of my stuff.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Is there anything that did make it that you wished they had cut?

Lindsey Shaw: Oh, well we’re just going to have to wait until episode nine until you see the drunk party stuff, and then you can tell me if there’s anything that they should have cut, because that was quite an episode for me. So, I don’t know. It would have to be something from that episode.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): So, do you watch yourself back a lot or is that hard for you? Do you criticize yourself?

Lindsey Shaw: I do. I criticize probably 95% of it. There will be like a look, then I’ll be like, “I guess I’m satisfied.” I don’t know. Think of what it’s like to watch yourself back in family videos or friend videos. It’s awkward. It really is, and you have to think, “Two million people are going to watch this and did that look weird? Was that a bad angle? Was I completely off base on that?” You know what I mean. Usually you are, which only gives you room to go improve. Adhir Kalyan, I worked with him on Aliens in America. He told me that when you’re completely satisfied with an entire performance, you should probably rethink that performance, because to be satisfied is to think that it’s perfect, and that’s definitely not where I’m at yet.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): I never thought about it that way. That’s really interesting. I know a lot of people have trouble watching it back, but I guess it would be rather like an awkward home movie.

Lindsey Shaw: Yes, really it is. Instead of just like the safety of your family, it’s like …

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Lots of people. Do you have any new projects coming up soon or that haven’t come out yet?

Lindsey Shaw: I don’t have time to go book any other job, so no. No, I don’t have anything. Here is the awkward question where I’m asked if I have anything, and I have to say, “No, I’m just sitting here watching reruns of Nurse Jackie.”

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): I guess I should have said according to the web site there’s Devolved and Nic & Tristan Go Mega Dega. Can you talk about them a bit.

Lindsey Shaw: Wow, I completely forget about those, just because I’ve seen them, so I think that they already…

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Yes, I know. I didn’t think of that.

Lindsey Shaw: But I did do these two independent films called Devolved and Nic & Tristan, and I have no idea when they’re slated to come out, but I did do those, so be checking your Blockbusters for any of those. One of them, Devolved, is a teen Lord of the Flies satire, a modern-day Lord of the Flies satire, and Nic & Tristan is about these two prodigy 10-year-old skateboarders who they actually are prodigy 10-year-old skateboarders. The movie was written around them, and I play this absolutely insane baby-sitter, like out of her mind. Yes. Thank you for reminding me of that. I do have those two things coming out.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Okay. We’ll be waiting for those. Thank you.

Lindsey Shaw: Alright. I’ll let you know. Okay.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Could you run us through like a typical day on the set?

Lindsey Shaw: Yes. Absolutely. So, you get there. It’s 6:00 or 7:00 a.m. You go straight into hair and makeup, and that is about an hour and 15, an hour and a half. During that time, you get your breakfast brought to you, which is amazing, and then you go get dressed. Usually they time it out perfectly, right as you’re putting on your last shoe, Lizzie, our PA is knocking on the door saying, “Go to set.”

We go up there. We rehearse, and they finish the lighting up, then we start in. It’s literally like we have to be going fast, because we’ve got four days to complete what is usually done in five days. So, you’re literally not sitting down during the day. You get done with one scene, the director’s already in the next location for the next scene, so it’s constant after that unless you’re not in that scene. Then you break for lunch.

You have your lunch, you chill, read, sleep. I was almost 89% of the time sleeping, and get back up, go to hair and makeup for touchups, and you go in and you finish the rest of your day. All that happens in about 12 to 14 hours.

PREVIEW: 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

In order to help earn money for a shopping trip with Chastity, Bianca and her friend Dawn ask Cameron for help in setting up a new web reality show. It doesn’t take long before the girls realize that, to get more viewers, they have to spice things up a bit. Just how far will Bianca go to make her webcast more popular? Find out in an all-new episode of ABC Family’s original series 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, premiering tonight (8:00 – 8:30 PM ET/PT). The episode, entitled “You Can’t Always Get Want You Want,” was directed by Gil Junger and written by Jon Ross.

Meanwhile, when Kat feels the grading system in one of her classes is too lenient, she complains to the school administration about her teacher’s generosity with grades. Luckily (or not) for Kat, the school counselor has a personal vendetta against this particular teacher. But in the end, the whole experience leads to some self-realizations that Kat didn’t expect.

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU is executive-produced by Carter Covington. Larry Miller reprises his role as Walter Stratford, the over-protective father to the Stratford sisters -- Kat, a feminist with a razor-sharp tongue, portrayed by Lindsey Shaw, and Bianca, a girl with a plan to climb the social ladder at her new school, portrayed by Meaghan Martin. Ethan Peck takes on the role of resident bad boy, Patrick Verona. Nicholas Braun portrays Cameron James, Padua High’s “nice guy,” and Dana Davis portrays head cheerleader Chastity Church.

PREVIEW: Tonight's 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

After Bianca falsely tells Chastity that she’s dating an older guy to try to rid herself of her goody two-shoes reputation, Chastity sees Bianca “canoodling” with her geometry teacher and instantly starts the rumor around school that the two are dating. What happens when Bianca’s attempt at being popular ends up turning her into the subject of some really juicy gossip? Find out in an all-new episode of ABC Family’s original series 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, premiering tonight (8:00 – 8:30 PM ET/PT). The episode, entitled “Don’t Give a Damn About My Bad Reputation,” was directed by Gil Junger and written by Erin Ehrlich.

While Bianca is dealing with her own mess, Kat and Patrick are sent to detention together for garbage duty after the two get into some trash talk of their own on campus. Then suddenly, an unexpected incident – OK – Kat accidentally stabs Patrick’s foot with a trash stick – sends him to the school nurse. In yet another unexpected turn of events, Kat gets to know Patrick in a new way.

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU is executive produced by Carter Covington. Larry Miller reprises his role as Walter Stratford, the over-protective father to the Stratford sisters -- Kat, a feminist with a razor-sharp tongue, portrayed by Lindsey Shaw, and Bianca, a girl with a plan to climb the social ladder at her new school, portrayed by Meaghan Martin. Ethan Peck takes on the role of resident bad boy, Patrick Verona. Nicholas Braun portrays Cameron James, Padua High’s “nice guy,” and Dana Davis plays head cheerleader Chastity Church.

ABC Family Launches "Campus Crush"

On Saturday, August 1st, ABC Family launches "Campus Crush," the network's first ever ten-day long end of summer programming event filled with all-day marathons, movies and all-new episodes of its original series MAKE IT OR BREAK IT, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU and RUBY & THE ROCKITS, and the television premiere of Legally Blondes, the latest installment from the Legally Blonde movie franchise. The event kicks off on Saturday, August 1, with a 12-hour marathon of the network's smash hit series THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER, followed the next day with a Legally Blonde movie marathon that culminates with the television premiere of Legally Blondes, presented by Reese Witherspoon, starring twins Milly Rosso and Becky Rosso, premiering on Sunday, August 2 at 8:00PM ET/PT.

Following is a list of the programming included in "Campus Crush," this event concludes on Monday, August 10th.

Saturday, August 1

MARATHON - THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER (7:00 AM - 7:00 PM ET/PT)

7:00 AM "The Secret Wedding of the American Teenager" - Amy and Ben make a rushed decision that could change their lives after Anne informs Amy that she needs to get a job to support her baby.

8:00 AM "Baked Nevada" - The marriage is revealed to the parents, which leads to a brief reconciliation between Anne and George, while Adrian's father tries to find out who is behind the fake ID's.

Q&A With 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU's Ethan Peck

Ethan Peck, the 23-year-old grandson of film legend Gregory Peck, stars as Patrick Verona on the new ABC Family hit series, 10 THINGS I THINK ABOUT YOU. The show is a re-imagining of the 1999 film in which Heath Ledger played the role of Patrick. I participated in a recent Q&A session with Peck where he spoke about his grandfather, playing a high school character, and his approach the role made famous by Ledger.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Hello, thanks for taking time to answer our calls.

Ethan Peck: Of course, Jamie, How are you doing?

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): How did you come to this part? Did you audition for it and what drew you to the role?

Ethan Peck: I auditioned for the role in New York City first, I guess, in late November. It was just a regular audition for me; I go out regularly. I couldn’t really recall the film or the character at the time. I’d heard of 10 Things I Hate About You, of course, but I went in and it went quite well for me obviously and they flew me out to test me for the role. I realized that I was going to be a part of something that was turning out to be really wonderful. So I’m really grateful for the opportunity.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Where do you draw your inspiration for your character from?

Ethan Peck: I draw my inspiration for the character from the day I had the audition. Actually I was having kind of an awful day and I went into the room with a lot of attitude and I guess not so much fear as I sometimes have when I have an audition because it can be scary. Something just clicked for me and Patrick Verona came forth and we sort of built from there. Really, Carter, who’s the creator and writer of the show and Gil Junger, the primary director of this first season, we really all work together and make this guy who he is. He’s very moody and mysterious and here and not here, if you know what I mean, with Kat especially. That’s sort of where he’s at right now.

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Lauren Becker (Shooting Stars Magazine): My first question is everyone that’s a fan of the movie or has seen it all knows that your character, Patrick, was originally played by Heath Ledger. I was wondering if, once you got the part, you watched the movie or you just tried to make it how you would see Patrick.

Ethan Peck: I watched the film again after about ten years because I had seen it when it had first been released. I watched it again the night that I found out that I booked the pilot so I had already tested and been through the audition process. Did you ask how --?

Lauren Becker (Shooting Stars Magazine): I was wondering if you tried to make it like the movie, how Heath did it or you tried to make it your own version of what you felt Patrick should be.

Ethan Peck: In no way, with all due respect to Heath and what he did with the role, in no way is it inspired from the film. It’s really just the same names, the same franchise, and really re-imagining the show, the story and the characters. Again, with all due respect to what he did with the character, I haven’t taken any direct inspiration from him.

Lauren Becker (Shooting Stars Magazine): I think that would be good for the show because obviously it’s a whole new thing now. It’s good that the characters can kind of be their own people away from the movie.

Ethan Peck: Plus it’s really difficult, first of all you don’t want to recreate something like that, which is so beloved and was so well done. We’re really lucky to have Gil back, who directed the film as well.

Lauren Becker (Shooting Stars Magazine): My follow-up question was your grandfather was an actor in the past. I was wondering if you grew up wanting, you had that in your family and you wanted to be an actor or it just came later?

Ethan Peck: When I was about nine years old I had a sensation that drew me towards acting, that drew me towards the idea of acting. I didn’t really understand what it was at the time. Whether or not it was inspired by my grandfather I’m not sure because we never spoke about acting. He was very much a grandfather to me and the father of my father to me. I knew him as Grandpa Greg and I didn’t know him as the Hollywood icon he is to most every other person that I meet that has met him and has been in touch with him and in contact with him. So I think that in the most indirect ways he inspires me, which is, I think, even more profound than if he had raised me talking to me about acting and showing me plays and films and the like.

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps): Hello, Ethan, thanks so much for joining us. You have a great, great voice and I’m hearing you talk more now than the whole first two episodes combined. I’m wondering when we might hear Patrick talk a little more so we can hear your voice on the show.

Ethan Peck: Patrick will be speaking more and more as the season progresses. I guess in Episode Four is when he really starts to speak more, but throughout the first season he really is going to remain this myth, in a lot of ways at Padua High and to the audience and even to me, Ethan Peck, playing him because we are still working him out and developing him as a character.

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps): You’re doing a great job with the brooding looks. In the second episode Patrick hits his locker and it magically opens, he’s trying to impress some girl; it’s just like The Fonz on HAPPY DAYS. I’m wondering if we’ll see a lighter side to him at some point.

Ethan Peck: [Laughs] Absolutely you’ll see a lighter side to Patrick. He will be very hot and cold, as I said, both with Kat and with the audience. The audience really only views Patrick through Kat’s perspective and through, I guess, some of the perspectives of the other students as they spread rumors and gossip about him, which happens at times. But he is a real guy and there are multiple facets to his personality and to his emotional and psychological self.

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps): Thank you so much; good luck this season.

Sarah Fulghum (TotallyHer.com): Hello, Ethan, thanks for taking my call. How well do you get along with your costars?

Ethan Peck: We get along so well it’s very surprising. I guess it’s not surprising; I wasn’t really expecting or not expecting anything, but everybody’s been so amazing from the costars to the creators, the producers, the directors to everybody on set, the grips working, the props, everybody’s been incredible. Lindsey and I get along really well and I’m so lucky and honored and proud to be working with these other actors because they’re so talented and they’re really good people. Nick Braun, Kyle Kaplan, Meaghan Jette, Dana Davis, Chris Zylka. It’s surprising and every day I’m full of wonder because there’s not really a flaw with the cast, for me in terms of the personalities and how we get along. It’s been so wonderful I can’t really explain enough.

Sarah Fulghum (TotallyHer.com): I know with the cast you cover a fair amount of age difference …being in your twenties and playing a high-schooler.

Ethan Peck: It’s totally bizarre. When I was 17 and auditioning for 17 I used to always be so frustrated when I would see the character, whomever they cast for the character I was auditioning for, to be 24 years old playing 17. Why is this guy playing a 17 year-old when he’s in his early twenties, etc.? It’s strange, but in a lot of ways when I was 17 I really wouldn’t have been capable of maintaining this perspective to act 17, if that makes any sense. So it is strange and I commend Meaghan, who is 17 playing, I guess, 16, for having the talent and grace she does in playing Bianca, because she is really wonderful. Even Lindsey’s younger; she’s 20 and she’s awesome. Again, I don’t think I would have had the perspective when I was 17 to do this kind of work. I’m still challenged by it.

Troy Rogers (The Deadbolt): Hello, Ethan, thanks for taking the time. You mentioned that after you got the pilot you went back and watched the film. At any point did you have a worry or a fear that fans of the film would compare you to Heath?

Ethan Peck: No, I didn’t have any worries or fears. That fear really comes from people from the outside and the media. Fans of the film who are going to be ignorant and not open to the idea of a re-imagining of this familiar idea, when in fact the film was derived from Shakespeare’s play, “Taming of The Shrew.” So I wasn’t afraid; I wasn’t in any way trying to emulate what was originally done with Patrick. Really it’s up to all of you in a lot of ways and up to the fans, to be open and generous enough to all of us at ABC Family with 10 things just to watch as though it’s a new show and an original show. It wouldn’t be fair to compare us to the film because like I said before the film was wonderful. I just hope that we can create a new piece of work that’s fresh and original that people will be changed by and be entertained by and be surprised by.

Troy Rogers (The Deadbolt): You also mentioned your other costars. What’s it like to have Larry Miller on the series since he was in the film?

Ethan Peck: It’s great. Larry is so awesome. Unfortunately I’ve only had the briefest of moments with him in a scene this season. As I said before the relationship between Kat and Patrick is building very slowly, which I think will attract viewers to the show even more so because they want to know what’s going on in the main romance in the show. I actually can’t give it away, but Larry’s incredible. As a human being he’s just a wonderful, kind man, so generous. Whenever I have lunch with him I sit down next to him and pick his brain because we just can talk for a long time. He shares lots of insightful things with me.

Troy Rogers (The Deadbolt): I have to agree, you have a great voice.

Jamie Steinberg (Starry Constellation Magazine): It’s a pleasure to speak with you this afternoon. I was wondering what’s been your most memorable moment you’ve had from filming this season.

Ethan Peck: I think probably it’s scenes that we had, again, I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say this, but there will be a scene on a roof exterior, which was most memorable to me, which you will see toward the end of the season between Kat and me. We were filming up in Santa Clarita and they built this structure outside of the stage and it was a beautiful night during the sunset. I love twilight and the nighttime and that was most memorable for me.

Jamie Steinberg (Starry Constellation Magazine): Why do you think people want to take their time to tune in and watch the show?

Ethan Peck: I think people will want to take the time to tune in and watch the show because it’s really well written. As I said before I’m so privileged to be surrounded by an insanely talented cast. Everybody involved has only the best intentions in terms of treating us as professionals, everybody else on the set as professionals and entertaining the public and our viewers with something new and surprising and succinct and precise. If you just tune in, you’ll see.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): What’s the hardest part about working on the show?

Ethan Peck: The hardest part about working on a show is probably staying focused, for me, and being consistent in my performance and rising to the occasion because it can be difficult. We are working on a stage and it’s a lot of the reality that we create on the screen, I hope we create reality on the screen; I think that we do, is mostly in our imaginations. Obviously that’s the case for any type of film or television or play or performance, but especially for this because the moments are so contained within an artificial space. That’s been a great challenge to me.

Also the pace can be very grueling. It’s difficult for me to keep up at times, but it’s been so challenging and so educating. Again I’m so grateful for this opportunity. It’s been nothing but good for me really.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Can you run us through a typical day on the set?

Ethan Peck: They’re all pretty different, but typically I come in, a good day starts at 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning, go through hair and makeup. They call me on for rehearsal; we rehearse the scene, the director, who I said is typically Gil; we’ve also had several guest directors, will walk us through it and we’ll block it and discuss it and collaborate then he will discuss how to light it and we go and hang out for half an hour to two hours depending how long it takes them for light and we come back and film it. Usually it goes pretty quickly and then they change angles and that happens continuously throughout the day for anywhere from three to twelve hours depending on how many scenes you’re doing during the day.

Chelsea Daigle (Music, Movies and Mayhem): In the movie, Patrick won over Kat by publicly singing, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.” Is that something you think you’ll wind up reenacting and if so are you looking forward to it?

Ethan Peck: Probably not. That’s such an incredible scene in the film. I feel like everybody that has seen the movie remembers that scene. It could be that that’s the scene the movie is known for, but I don’t think that our Patrick would do that. I don’t personally and I don’t think that Carter does either, who is like I said, the executive producer and creator of the show. He is much more brooding and mysterious so unfortunately I won’t be doing that even though it would be a really incredible thing to do, for television I guess and for audiences.

Chelsea Daigle (Music, Movies and Mayhem): My follow-up question is if there were one song to describe Patrick Verona what would it be? I’d like you to answer the same question for yourself in real life.

Ethan Peck: One song for Patrick Verona, I don’t know. Obviously I can only speak from my own knowledge of music, but there’s this piece called, “Boat Out in the Ocean,” by Ravel and it’s a solo piano piece. It’s very dynamic melodically and tonally. It makes the listener, in my opinion, feel all sorts of things. I think that’s what Patrick does to everybody at school, to his friends, whomever they are. So that for Patrick, “Boat Out on the Sea” by Maurice Ravel. I think it was probably written in the early 20th century.

Then for me I’m still in progress so I’m not sure there’s a song to pin me down quite yet. But for now, I guess … I don’t know. I really have been listening on repeat quite frequently a song called “Don’t Worry, Baby” by the Beach Boys.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Is there any scene that was in the movie that you want them to put in the series or that you would like to act out?

Ethan Peck: The series is so different from the film that it’s difficult for me to even think of the film in relation to the series, in all honesty. So I can’t really pick out any scene that I’ve been drawn to from the perspective of being a performer in the series. But I always remember the scene where Cameron, played by Joseph Gordon Levin in the film, first approaches Patrick in shop class and he’s got a book in his hand, I think it’s a French book or a science book and he asks Patrick a question. Patrick turns around, he’s got a drill in his hands and he just drills a hole through the book with a smile on his face. I’ve always loved that scene. That would be a fun little moment to have, but that’s really the only moment that comes to mind.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): If you could have any role, a dream role, what would it be?

Ethan Peck: I don’t know yet.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Just something if you could have played a part in a show somebody else did.

Ethan Peck: I guess any one of the, I really loved A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints with Shia LaBeouf and Channing Tatum and Robert Downey, Jr. I can’t recall the entire cast. But any one of the under boys, men, I guess, I would have loved to have played. They were just really tortured and dark and struggling and real. I love truth; that movie felt very true to me.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Do you often watch yourself act in the show?

Ethan Peck: I do, yes, when we are allowed to; when we’re giving the opportunity to, but it’s difficult for me to watch myself.

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps): Ethan, what would you say is the biggest similarity between you and Patrick and also the biggest difference?

Ethan Peck: The biggest similarity between me and Patrick is that he exists so much on the periphery of high school and of, I guess, mainstream culture and life in general as people perceive it. In a lot of ways I ways like that in high school, not because I was a badass by any means, which is probably our biggest separation personality-wise. In high school I was an outsider because I was just kind of out to space all the time and in my own head. My parents were very strict as well so a lot of the kids in my high school used to party a lot so I had a hard time finding a place for myself. I think Patrick doesn’t care to find a place for himself whereas I struggled to identify and I don’t think he does.

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps): You grew up in New York, right?

Ethan Peck: No I grew up in Hollywood actually, in Los Angeles. I went to school in New York; I went to NYU to the Tisch School of the Arts.

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps): What would you say is the biggest difference between New York and L.A. in terms of the business and mood of the cities?

Ethan Peck: The biggest difference between L.A. and New York is the pace, probably. New York is hectic and alive and visceral in so many ways. The people and the way you move around the city and the way you communicate with strangers is just very alive is really the only way I can put it. I say that only because Los Angeles there’s such a sprawl here and there’s such a lack of contact, really, between human beings. There’s so much metal in the cars that surround and we drive. It’s a very solitary lifestyle in comparison. Even more so than I would say a small town that’s much less populated, but people aren’t as defensive when it comes to communicating with one another. Was there another part to that question?

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps): I was just kind of curious. I was thinking that you had grown up in New York, but I guess you just went to college.

Ethan Peck: I really love New York though. It’s been difficult to be away from it.

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps): I’m in New York so I’m partial.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Do you ever get to offer input for your character or is really strictly about the script?

Ethan Peck: I do offer input for the character at times. It really is about script though because Carter, again the executive producer and one of the writers, he really has a specific idea for who he wants Patrick to be. I had my idea and when I first went in for the first audition for the test, which was particularly and brooding and because the rest of the show is a comedy we really had to meet in the middle creatively. He’s got to be multifaceted obviously. He just sees bigger than I can because I am within the machine, if that makes sense.

Jamie Ruby (Media Boulevard): Do you have any new projects coming up?

Ethan Peck: Unfortunately I don’t yet, but I hope to.

PREVIEW: Tonight's 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU

Bianca’s determination to get to a party with some of the coolest kids in school leads her to turn for help to Cameron who, of course, is perfectly willing to do whatever she needs. But it also could get her in trouble with her dad, who has forbidden her from attending the party. Will she be successful in her party pursuit? Find out in an all-new episode of ABC Family’s original series, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, premiering tonight (8:00 – 8:30 PM ET/PT). The episode, entitled “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” was directed by Gil Junger and written by Barry Safchik & Michael Platt.

Meanwhile, when Patrick discovers that he and Kat have similar musical tastes, he invites her to an upcoming Filthy Souls concert, which is the same night of Bianca’s big party. In order to see the band, she needs to get a fake ID. Is spending time with Patrick worth the risk of getting busted? And when Bianca asks Kat for help in getting to her party, will Kat come to the aid of her little sister?

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU is executive produced by Carter Covington. Larry Miller reprises his role as Walter Stratford, the over-protective father to the Stratford sisters -- Kat, a feminist with a razor-sharp tongue, portrayed by Lindsey Shaw, and Bianca, a girl with a plan to climb the social ladder at her new school, portrayed by Meaghan Martin. Ethan Peck (look for a Q&A at We Love Soaps soon) takes on the role of resident bad boy, Patrick Verona (originated by Heath Ledger in the 1999 film). Nicholas Braun portrays Cameron James, Padua High’s “nice guy,” and Dana Davis portrays head cheerleader Chastity Church.