He is best known for his role as the teenage heartthrob in the hit 10 Things I Hate About You.
But Andrew Keegan now sports a very different look than the slick schoolboy character Joey he played in the beloved high school comedy 25 years ago.
The American actor, 45, looked almost unrecognizable during an interview on Nine’s Today Extra program on Wednesday.
Showing off a five o’clock shadow and wearing his thick black locks in a short cut, the father-of-one opened up about what it was like filming the movie with the late Heath Ledger.
Andrew said the couple were just 19 when they achieved the box office hit that also launched the careers of Julia Stiles (The Bourne Identity) and Knives Out star Jospeh Gordon-Levitt.
“We were all relative strangers and didn’t really know what we were getting into, but we knew something magical was happening and we really enjoyed that time together,” he said.
10 things I hate about you The heartthrob doesn’t look like that anymore! Andrew Keegan surprised during a rare television appearance on Wednesday
The American actor, 45, looked almost unrecognizable during an interview on Nine’s Today Extra program on Thursday.
He also revealed that he became close to Ledger during the filming of the film, famous for being a teenage version of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
“There were no cell phones, you know, we just had to hang out…” he said.
She also revealed that after filming wrapped, she accompanied Heath on a trip to Australia to visit his family in Perth.
‘(Heath’s family) actually had a kangaroo. They were taking care of a Joey (a baby kangaroo).
“So I’m pretty convinced everyone was on board in Australia,” he joked.
At one point, Andrew was visibly shaken as he recalled how he felt about the sudden loss of Heath, who died in 2008 at the age of 28.
“After finishing the movie we were a couple of unemployed actors,” he began.
“And we spent a lot of time the next year touring the world of Hollywood, so to speak, and… it’s kind of hard to talk about because it was a tremendous loss, not just personally (because of) everything he had to go through,” offer.’
Andrew talked about what it was like filming the movie with the late Heath Ledger. Pictured: Julia Stiles, Andrew and Heath in a scene from the hit movie.
‘He was so creative. And you look back and realize he was wise beyond his years.
“And again we were all very fortunate that he was with us as he shared his gifts as he did.”
After starring in 10 Things I Hate About You, Andrew appeared in O and The Contract.
He also had a regular role on 7th Heaven as Wilson West.
In 2005, she returned to television with Related and then appeared on CS: NY in 2010. In 2014 she worked with Ryan Guzman on April Rain.
Meanwhile, Andrew has also made headlines over the years with a series of high-profile romances.
In 1997 he was linked to Jennifer Love Hewitt. The following year he began having an affair with LeAnn Rimes, whom he dated for three years.
In 2001 he was dating Piper Perabo and then from 2002 to 2003, Andrew was with Elisha Cuthbert.
Keegan began dating his current girlfriend Arista Ilona in 2013 and they welcomed their first daughter together, Aiya Rose, in 2016.