What the Hell Happened to Alicia Silverstone?

Actress Alicia Silverstone peaked in 1995 with the high school comedy Clueless. It came crashing down two years later in Batman and Robin.  Just about everyone associated with the franchise-ending Batfilm suffered some kind of career setback.

But while Chris O’Donnell has finally gotten himself a steady gig on TV and Arnold Scharzenegger retreated to politics, Silverstone’s career has yet to bounce back.

What the hell happened?

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Alicia Silverstone – The Wonder Years – 1992

Silverstone started working as a model at age six.  She went on to do TV commercials.  Silverstone recounted how she got into acting:

At family get-togethers, me and all the other little girls would make up dances and routines for our parents. And relatives would tell my dad, “You’ve got to get her started in the business.” Finally, he started me modeling. I hated it more that anything, but I thought it was an outlet for acting. Then I got my first commercial, for Domino’s Pizza, and I went insane. I was so happy!

Her first acting gig was as a guest star on the TV show, The Wonder Years.

She played Fred Savage’s dream girl which was type casting in 1992.

What the Hell Happened to Alicia Silverstone?
Alicia Silverstone – The Crush – 1993

Silverstone’s film career began with 1993’s suspense flick The Crush.

The Crush was part of a trend in movies that became popular after 1987’s Fatal Attraction.  The general theme is that a normal guy (in this case, Cary Elwes) meets a seemingly normal person who turns out to be a homocidal lunatic/stalker.  Borrowing from the 1992 movie, Poison Ivy, The Crush made the stalker jail bait.

The original choice to play the teenage stalker was Reese Witherspoon.  But she was in Africa filming A Far Off Place.  With their first choice unavailable, the casting directors started going through modeling portfolios which is how they came across Silverstone.  While filming, Silverstone became an “emancipated minor” at the age of 15.  This was done so that she could avoid the restrictions of child labor laws which would have restricted how many hours she could work on the movie.  According to Silverstone, it was no big deal:

My parents were a bit concerned.  They were afraid I would hold it under their nose and say, ‘You can’t tell me what to do, I’m emancipated.’ But nothing really changed.

In the original cut of The Crush, Silverstone’s character was named Darian.  But the name had to be changed for video and TV versions of the movie.  Screenwriter Alan Shapiro had based the screenplay on his own personal experiences.  The girl who inspired the script was actually named Darian and sued.  So the character’s name was changed to Adrian going forward.

Silverstone wasn’t happy with her first movie performance.  Just a couple years later, she wished she could do it all over again:

I think about her more now than I did then. I wish I could go back and do the movie again, because it isn’t often that a young girl can be really aggressive and take over the whole movie. I wish I’d had more experience at that time. Now I feel I’m more molded.

Critics didn’t crush on The Crush.  In fact, they hated it.  It opened in third place at the box office and ended up grossing around $13 million dollars.  But it has become a hit on home video.

While The Crush wasn’t a big hit, it brought Silverstone lots of attention.  TV producer Aaron Spelling pursued Silverstone to replace Shannen Doherty on Beverly Hills 90210.  But Silverstone wasn’t interested:

He already knew I wasn’t going to do it.  He said, ‘I really want you to be in my show.’ I think it would have been really detrimental because I want to do films. Also, I just don’t think that there’s a lot of acting going on in that show.

Katherine Heigl - My Father the Hero - 1994
Katherine Heigl – My Father the Hero – 1994

Silverstone lost out on the lead in My Father, The Hero to Katherine Heigl, but she later said she was glad she wasn’t cast:

On My Father, The Hero, I didn’t get it because I was a little bit heavy compared with the girl who did get it, but that was a blessing because the girl runs around in a bathing suit throughout the whole thing. It was the worst movie I’ve ever seen. And the girl was really bad.

Silverstone also appeared in two made-for TV movies; Torch Song and Scattered Dreams.  On the subject of Raquel Welch, Silverstone’s Torch Song co-star, Silverstone said:

Everybody warned me. ‘She’s going to be a tyrant because you’re young and beautiful and she’s just going to go crazy,’ She was nice to me, but it must be just horrible, you know. I mean, when the movie aired, people said it should have been about my character. So I sympathize with her.

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Alicia Silverstone – MTV Movie Award for The Crush – 1994

A year after its release, audiences were still discovering Silverstone from The Crush on video.  In 1994, Silverstone won 2 MTV Movie Awards for her performance as a psycho teen (Best Villain and Best Breakthrough Performance).  She was actually nominated for Most Desirable Female, but lost to Janet Jackson.  Perhaps it was because Silverstone was underage or perhaps audiences were put off by the fact she was playing a stalker.

Alicia Silverstone - Aerosmith videos - 1993-1994
Alicia Silverstone – Aerosmith videos – 1993-1994

Silverstone’s appearance in The Crush caught the eye of music video director Marty Callner.  He was looking for a girl to star in a music video for Aerosmith.  According to Silverstone:

He liked what he saw in the movie.  And what he saw was a good actress, not a pretty girl. It’s about what you have inside.

Silverstone made her music video debut in the video for the first single off the band’s Get a Grip album, Cryin’.

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That’s Stephen Dorff as Silverstone’s boyfriend and future Lost castaway Josh Holloway who steals her purse.  The video became one of the movie requested on MTV that year and won three MTV Video Music Awards including Best Video.

After the success of Cryin’, Silverstone returned for the second video, Amazing.  Silverstone wasn’t surprised:

Aerosmith made a hell of a lot of money off that video.  Their sales tripled or something. They would have been crazy not to ask me back.

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Silverstone felt like the progression of the videos allowed her to create a fully realized character:

When I see myself in the “Cryin'” video, and people are going, “Oh, my God,” thinking I’m sexy, it cracks me up because in real life I’m so clumsy. Actually, my character in that video in the essence of what every woman wants to be, in the sense that she takes charge. She knows what she wants, and she’s going to get it somehow. At the same time, there’s something really soft about her, which came out in the next video, “Amazing,” where I got to be cute. I decided that if she’s going to just be a tough girl, you can’t love her. You can only want her physically. But I wanted to make her a real, whole human being.

And the final installment in the underage trilogy, Crazy

This one co-stars Aerosmith frontman’s, Steven Tyler’s daughter, Liv who was transitioning from modeling to acting at the time.  Silverstone and Tyler are… um… I’m not sure.  Are they actually supposed to be teenage, lesbian con artists?  We see them shop lift and enter into an amateur striptease.  Yes, this is an Aerosmith video in which the lead singer’s daughter works a stripper pole while imitating some of her dad’s signature stage moves.  Maybe Creepy would have been a better title.  But the song and the video were both hits.

Following her time as a teenage video vixen, Silverstone made a prediction that turned out to be prophetic.  When asked about being viewed as a sex symbol, she responded:

It’s frustrating that people might see me in that way. Soon I’ll get a big movie that will show different things. The bad girls are great for publicity because people really go for that­—which is sad, but true!

At the time, Silverstone was concerned that her stint as a video babe might make it hard for people to take her seriously as an actress:

I’d like to correct the idea that the videos came first.  That’s absurd. I’m not a video star turned actress. I’m a serious actress who spent a few days making videos. I’ve done a lot more than videos, you know.

Silverstone - cool and Crazy - 1994
Silverstone – Cool and Crazy – 1994

Silverstone was also doing the kind of acting that includes dialogue in the TV movie, Cool and Crazy.  Jared Leto and Silverstone played high school sweethearts who get married in the 1950’s.  The honeymoon doesn’t last long.  Silverstone’s character gets pregnant at the age of 19.  Before long they are both having affairs which ultimately leads to violence.

The movie was part of Showtime’s Rebel Highway series.  Showtime aired 10 weeks of movies that paid tribute to the drive-in B-movies of the 50’s.  Cool and Crazy was the first live-action feature directed by legendary animator Ralph Bakshi.  Bakshi had been developing the movie since the late 60’s.  But according to him, the studios were scared to produce it:

They thought that no one was going to admit that women can—and do—cheat on their husbands. They thought it was too hot, which made no sense.

Alicia Silverstone - Le Nouveau Monde - 1995
Alicia Silverstone – Le Nouveau Monde – 1995

Silverstone had a massive, career-altering year in 1995.  She appeared in several movies all at once.  Early in the year, she appeared as an American teen living in France in the 1950’s in the French drama, Le Nouveau Monde (The New World).  James Gandolfini co-starred.  The movie was released direct-to-video in the US.

Silverstone wasn’t impressed with the movie, but she made it so she could visit France:

I play the pretty blonde girl, which is boring, but I wanted to go to France because Moize [her close friend and hair dresser] hadn’t seen his family in eight years.

But Silverstone wasn’t overly fond of the locals:

I hate Parisians, they are so evil, I want to go back there with a gun and shoot every one of them. Their city is so beautiful but the Parisians are so mean and have such attitudes.

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Alicia Silverstone – Hideaway – 1995

Next, Silverstone played Jeff Goldblum’s daughter in the horror movie, Hideaway.

Goldblum starred as a family man who is pronounced dead after a car accident.  He is revived two hours later by a specialist played by Alfred Molina.  As a side effect of his near death experience, Goldblum discovers that he is somehow bonded to a serial killer played by Jeremy Sisto.  Naturally, it’s up to Goldblum to save Silverstone from the killer.

Dennis Quaid’s production company produced Hideaway.  But Quaid was so disappointed in the final movie that he had his name removed from the credits.  Author Dean Koontz who wrote the novel the movie was based on felt the same way.  He pleaded with the studio to have his name removed, but Koontz was not as lucky.

Most critics panned Hideaway.  But Roger Ebert turned out to be an unlikely supporter of the thriller.  He gave the movie three stars and ended his review with the following assessment:

Look, I’m not saying this is a great movie, or even a distinguished one. I’m saying: You want horror, you want psychic abandon, you want Rae Dawn Chong reading Jeff Goldblum’s Tarot cards and not liking what she sees, you see this movie, you get your money’s worth. “Hideaway” is for people who like movies as much as they like films.

Hideaway opened in third place at the box office behind The Brady Bunch Movie which had been in theaters for three weeks.  It failed to recoup its $15 million dollar production costs.  But that didn’t matter.  Silverstone was on to bigger and better things.

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Alicia Silverstone – Clueless – 1995

Silverstone’s time as “the Aerosmith chick” lead to her being cast as Cher in Amy Heckerling’s Clueless in 1995.

Clueless was a modern retelling of Jane Austin’s Emma as a fizzy teenage comedy.  Silverstone starred as a spoiled teen who tries to do good deeds while remaining in style – albeit a very mid-90’s style.  Along the way, she has romances with Jeremy Sisto and Paul Rudd.  Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Donald Faison and Brekin Meyer played classmates.  Dan Hedaya portrayed Silverstone’s father and Wallace Shawn played a teacher at her high school.

Clueless started out as a pitch for a TV show about he popular kids at a California high school.  The show went into turnaround at Fox TV so Heckerling’s agent suggested that she rework the concept as a movie.  Fox movies bought the project from Fox TV, but then they pit the movie on hold as well.  There were concerns at the studio that teen movies were a relic of the 80’s.

Heckerling knew immediately that she wanted Silverstone in her movie:

Here’s how I found Alicia.  I was minding my own business on my treadmill watching MTV when I saw ‘Cryin’ ‘ and just went cuckoo bananas. She’s funny and beautiful – anyone who shows even a glimmer of that mix becomes a major star. I’m thinking of people like Sally Field and Goldie Hawn.

Meanwhile, the casting director at Fox was trying to push Heckerling to cast the girl from The Crush:

I was watching an Aerosmith video of ‘Cryin’.’ That was the first video she was in. And I just fell in love with her. Then my friend Carrie Frazier said, ‘You have to see this girl in The Crush.’ And I was like, ‘No, I want the Aerosmith girl.’ Well, it was the same girl.

But Fox wasn’t as enthusiastic about casting Silverstone in the lead role.  According to Heckerling:

Fox … wanted me to explore all the options…. I saw Alicia Witt, the redheaded [actress]. And who else? Tiffani Thiessen. The one that—she was in that show and she cut her hair and everybody was mad? Keri Russell, yes. Then they go, “You’ve got to see the girl in Flesh and Bone.” I never got to see her. I guess she was off on other things. That turned out to be Gwyneth Paltrow.

Alicia Silverstone - Clueless - 1995
Alicia Silverstone – Clueless – 1995

There is a scene in the movie where Silverstone’s character mispronounces the word “Haitians” while giving a presentation.  That wasn’t in the script.  Silverstone really didn’t know how to say the word.  Heckerling loved it and told the crew not to correct her pronunciation.  Despite this, Silverstone insisted she was not like the character in the movie:

I’m not like Cher.  I don’t care about clothes, I don’t dress up, I look like crap all the time. But the quality we do share is wanting to please everyone.

Clueless took everyone by surprise in the summer of 1995.  Heckerling hadn’t really done much of note in the 13 years between Fast Times and Clueless.  It seemed that high school movies were a good fit for the director.  The reviews were mostly positive with Roger Ebert noting:

The movie is aimed at teenagers, but like all good comedies, it will appeal to anyone who has a sense of humor and an ear for the ironic.

Clueless opened in second place at the box office behind Apollo 13 which had been in theaters for four weeks.  It held on remarkably well and ended up grossing over $50 million dollars during its theatrical run.  The following year, Heckerling produced a TV show based on the movie.  Although several cast members from the movie reprised their roles for the TV show, Silverstone was not one of them.  She had become a movie star almost overnight.

Following Clueless, Silverstone signed a two-picture deal with Columbia Tri-Star worth $8 million dollars.  As part of the deal, Silverstone got her own production company, First Kiss Pictures.  At the age of 18, Silverstone became the youngest producer in Hollywood.  I point this out  to stress just how powerful Silverstone was in Hollywood in 1995, because the fall is near.

Alicia Silverstone - True Crime - 1995
Alicia Silverstone – True Crime – 1995

But 1995 wasn’t over yet.  Silverstone also starred in two movies which were released direct-to-video to take advantage of her rising star power.  The first was True Crime in which she played a mystery novel enthusiast who starts investigating a serial killer who specializes in teenage girls.  She is helped in her investigation by a police cadet played by Kevin Dillon.

Alicia Silverstone - The Babysitter - 1995
Alicia Silverstone – The Babysitter – 1995

Next came The Babysitter in which Silverstone played a teenage girl that boys and men fantasize about.  I wonder how she got into character?  J.T. Walsh played the father of the child Silverstone cares for and Jeremy London played her ex-boyfriend who hasn’t gotten over her.  Silverstone was initially reluctant to star in The Babysitter:

I kept turning it down because it was objectifying a woman. Yet, I knew that if it got in the hands of any other young girl, it could be this bimbo movie. They let me; literally, go through the script with a red pen crossing out all the sex and nudity. After it was shot and edited, the producers said, ‘Now will you add a nude scene?” And I went. ‘After all I told you, are you crazy?’ But it’s a really good movie, much better than The Crush.

If either of these movies was any good, they would have been released in theaters.  But since they weren’t, they tried to cash in on Silverstone’s fame on video.

Alicia Silverstone - Batman and Robin - 1996
Alicia Silverstone – Batman and Robin – 1997

This is where the Batman curse factors in.  After Tim Burton’s Batman Returns was deemed “too dark” by Warner Brothers, the studio hired Joel Schumacher to direct 1995’s Batman ForeverBatman Forever was a hit and Warner Brothers wanted a sequel from Schumacher as soon as possible.

Schumacher raced to meet Warner Brothers’ demands that Batman and Robin should be released in 1997 instead of the usual 3-year wait time.  The script was packed with characters who could be made into toys.  This included the addition of yet another sidekick for Batman, Batgirl.

Chris O’Donnell, who played Robin in both Schumacher films, compared the experiences, “It just felt like everything got a little soft the second time. On Batman Forever, I felt like I was making a movie. The second time, I felt like I was making a kid’s toy commercial.”

Before the movie’s release rumors swirled that Silvertsone didn’t fit into her Batgirl costume.  The press had a field day calling the actress “Fatgirl”.  Schumacher came to her defense:

It was horrible. I thought it was very cruel. She was a teenager who gained a few pounds — like all of us do at certain times. I would confront female journalists and I’d say, ‘With so many young people suffering from anorexia and bulimia, why are you crucifying this girl?’

Alicia Silverstone - Batman and Robin - 1996
Alicia Silverstone – Batman and Robin – 1997

Casting for Batman and Robin was a big deal.  Headlines were made when George Clooney replaced previous Batman Val Kilmer (who didn’t get along with Schumacher or much of anyone else).  At one point, Bruce Willis was rumored to be cast as Mr. Freeze.  But when Arnold Schwarzenneger was cast instead, Schumacher explained that it was because Arnold was the biggest star in Hollywood.  Uma Thurman, who was hot off of Pulp Fiction, was cast as the villain Poison Ivy.

Alicia Silverstone - Batman and Robin - 1997
Alicia Silverstone – Batman and Robin – 1997

That kind of reasoning lead to Silverstone being cast as Batgirl.  She was the only actress of her generation with any kind of star power.  So naturally, Schumacher had her fitted for a nippled Batsuit.

Had Batman and Robin been a hit along the lines of Batman Forever, it probably would have pushed Silverstone’s star even higher.  And really, there was no reason to think it would be anything but a smash hit.  But Batman and Robin was notoriously awful even by the low standards of the Batman franchise at the time.

After Batman and Robin, George Clooney did public penance by apologizing for his turn as Batman.  He also changed his career path by choosing edgier fare like Out of Sight.  Schwarzenneger retreated to Terminator 3 before finally retiring from movies to pursue a career in politics.

Alas, the sidekicks took it hardest of all.  O’Donnell and Silverstone, both rising stars at the time, would never fully get their careers back on track.  Silverstone won a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress.

The third movie in the thriving superhero series had been titled Batman Forever.  But apparently “forever” meant one more movie, because Batman and Robin killed the franchise in its tracks.  Schumacher pushed to continue the series with another entry that would have included Clooney, O’Donnell and Silverstone.  But the damage was done.  Critics panned Batman and Robin and despite opening at first place, it ended up being the lowest-grossing movie in the franchise barely passing the $100 million dollar mark.

Alicia Silverstone - Excess Baggage - 1997
Alicia Silverstone – Excess Baggage – 1997

Later that summer, the first movie in Silverstone’s 3-picture deal debuted.  Excess Baggage was an “edgy” romantic comedy.  You can tell it’s edgy by the amount of eye make-up Silverstone wears.

Silverstone played a spoiled rich girl who faked her own kidnapping to get her daddy’s attention.  However, her plan goes astray when she is accidentally kidnapped by a car thief played by Benecio del Toro.  Christopher Walken co-starred as Silverstone’s attentive uncle.

Del Toro was hand-picked by Silverstone for the role after seeing him in The Usual Suspects.  At the time, Del Torro was still a relative unknown.  But Silverstone was convinced he was the right actor for the part.  She just had to convince everyone else:

He had to be the guy. But we had to convince people to hire him. I went in and did the best acting job of my life convincing the studio that he looked just like Brad Pitt, that he was brilliant and that there was no other choice.

The LA Times reported that Silverstone clashed with director Marco Brambilla.  They quoted an unnamed source from the set:

The fights were totally in their faces.  It was in front of the entire cast and crew. They fought over dialogue, scenes, script and even wardrobe.  The director would say, ‘I’m the director! What are you doing? You have to do this!’ She’d be like, ‘You don’t know anything! You should have read the script before you signed on to it!’ Then they would go to their trailers and call their agents.  Nicholas Turturro had a stretch limo idling outside the set door for eight hours waiting for the moment he could wrap so he could flee.

Reportedly, Silverstone and De Toro bonded on the set.  They took to improvising their scenes together much to the frustration of the director.  When Brambilla would ask to have a scene played a certain way, the actors refused to cooperate.  One of the film’s executive producers left the project during filming because the project was “out of control”.

Originally, Excess Baggage was scheduled for a late 1996 release, but it was pushed back due to bad test screenings.  Scenes were reshot to try to create better chemistry between Silverstone and Del Toro.  Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski were brought in to try to punch up the comedy.  Several other screenwrietrs including Aaron Sorkin polished the script at various points.

The new release date was scheduled after Batman and Robin.  Part of the thinking must have been that Silverstone would be an even bigger star after the superhero sequel.  Instead, Excess Baggage got caught up in the Batman backlash.  Critics savagely ripped it apart even though it’s really not that bad.  It opened in sixth place at the box office and grossed less than $15 million dollars.  Silverstone was nominated for a Razzie for Worst Actress.  She “lost” to Demi Moore who “won” for GI Jane.

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Alicia Silverstone and Brendan Fraser – Blast From the Past – 1999

Silverstone took a little time to lick her wounds after the one-two punch of Batman and Robin and Excess Baggage.

Her next film was 1999’s Cold War-themed romantic comedy, Blast From the Past.  The film starred Brendan Fraser as a boy who grew up in a nuclear fallout shelter after the Cuban Missle Crisis.  Fraser’s character is a fish out of water in the go-go 90’s since he has been living in a fall-out shelter for over thirty years.  Christopher Walken who had also appeared in Excess Baggage co-starred.

Blast From the Past recieved mixed reviews.  Critics liked the concept, but many found the execution to be flat.  Roger Ebert gave the movie one of the more enthusiastic reviews rating it three out of four stars.  Ebert wrote, “The movie is funny and entertaining in all the usual ways, yes, but I was grateful that it tried for more: that it was actually about something, that it had an original premise, that it used satire and irony and had sly undercurrents.”

But audiences weren’t biting.  Blast From the Past opened in fifth place at the box office behind She’s All That which had been in theaters for three weeks.  It ended up grossing around $35 million dollars on a budget of around $40 million.

Alicia Silverstone - Love's Labour's Lost - 2000
Alicia Silverstone – Love’s Labour’s Lost – 2000

In 2000, Silverstone tackled Shakespeare in Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of the Bard’s comedy, Love’s Labour’s Lost.

Branagh reimagined the play as a Hollywood musical set in the 1930s.  His cast mixed Shakespearean veterans with Hollywood actors like Nathan Lane, Matthew Lillard and Natascha McElhone.  Silverstone played the princess of France who ends up falling for a king who has sworn off romance.  Branagh also appears as one of the king’s courtiers.

Love’s Labour Lost was the first of a three-picture deal between director Branagh and the indie distributor Miramax.  The deal called for Branagh to direct three movies based on the works of Shakespeare.  The plan was to follow up Love’s Labour Lost with adaptations of As You Like It and Macbeth.

Reviews were mixed to negative.  Variety called Love’s Labour’s Lost “A luscious labor of love.”  But most critics thought it was too slight even for a comedy.  According to Roger Ebert, “It’s so escapist it escapes even from itself.”  Entertainment Weekly complained about the mismatched cast claiming that “Each player ends up performing in a different play.”

Love’s Labour’s Lost never received a wide release.  During it’s five-week run it played in a maximum of 14 theaters.  Following the movie’s failure at the box office, Miramax decided to end its deal with Branagh.  The director eventually secured money from HBO films to make As You Like It in 2006.  When that movie suffered a similar fate, plans for Macbeth were shelved.

Braceface - 2001-2003
Braceface – 2001-2003

After the failure of Silverstone’s first big screen production, Excess Baggage, she wasn’t given another opportunity to produce a movie.  But she did produce and star in the Canadian animated series, Braceface.  Silverstone played a teenage girl with braces that get her in trouble because they are magnetic.

The show lasted for three seasons and has been aired in 24 countries making it arguably Silverstone’s biggest success since Clueless.

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Alicia Silverstone – Global Heresy – 2002

In 2002, Silverstone starred in the rock comedy, Global Heresy which was also known as Rock My World.

Silverstone played a bassist who agrees to front a rock band whose leader has gone missing just before a big tour of Europe.  The band decides to go into seclusion to work on their new sound.  They rent a mansion from a couple played by Peter O’Toole and Joan Plowright.  When the mansion’s staff does not show up to wait on the band, O’Toole and Plowright decide to pose as the butler and cook.

Global Heresy was filmed and released in Canada but went direct-to-video in the US.

Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverston - The Graduate - 2002
Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverston – The Graduate – 2002

Later that year, Silverstone made her Broadway debut in the stage version of The Graduate.  Jason Biggs and Kathleen Turner starred as Benjamin and Mrs. Robinson.  Silverstone played Elaine.  She said she was reluctant to accept the part at first:

I really wanted to go on Broadway but I was like – do I want to leave my dogs, my house and my friends for nine months? But then I thought, “Wait a second. If this wasn’t being offered to me and I heard there was an audition I’d be desperate to have the job.” When you’re offered things, it makes it so much easier to be indecisive.

Reviews for The Graduate were mixed.  Variety wrote that Silverstone was “sweet — and that’s about it”.  But despite lackluster reviews, the play was a huge hit.

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Alicia Silverstone – Scorched – 2003

2003 seemed like a pretty good year for Silverstone to attempt a comeback.  First, she starred opposite Woody Harrelson, John Cleese and Rachel Leigh Cook in the indie comedy, Scorched.

Silverstone and Harrelson played disgruntled bank employees who both decide to rob their place of employment on the same night.  Neither is aware of the other’s plans.  Harrelson is looking for revenge against a local millionaire played by Cleese.  Cook played a clothing store employee who is also looking to settle a score with Cleese.

Scorched was filmed in 2001 but sat on a shelf for two years before being released.  It opened to scathing reviews and closed after only one weekend in theaters.  It played in twelve theaters for three days over which it grossed roughly eight thousand dollars.  It earned back less than 1% of its production costs!

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Alicia Silverstone – Miss Match – 2003

Also in 2003, Silverstone starred in the TV show, Miss Match.  As the tagline says, she played a divorce attorney who moonlights as a matchmaker.  Ryan O’Neal co-starred as her father who owned the law firm she worked at.  Expectations were high for the show which was produced by hit-maker Darren Star.  But it did not find an audience.

Miss Match was scheduled during the dreaded “Friday night death slot”.  Traditionally, Friday nights have never been a good night for TV shows presumably because audiences are doing other things besides watching TV.  You would have to think the target audience for a romantic comedy like Miss Match was probably not glued to the TV on Friday nights.  Silverstone’s TV comeback was cancelled due to low ratings after only 12 episodes had aired.  There were six more episodes which were produced but never saw the light of day.

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Alicia Silverstone and Freddie Prinze Jr – Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed – 2004

Following the cancellation of her TV show, Silverstone tried to jump start her career with some supporting roles.  In 2004, she played a reporter in the kiddie sequel, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Linda Cardellini reprised their roles as the members of the Scooby gang.  The plot for the sequel involved a masked villain who brings all of the previous monsters that the Scooby gang apprehended to life.  Or something.  Seth Green, Peter Boyle and Tim Blake Nelson all cashed paychecks, er, I mean made appearances.

During the filming of the sequel, Warner Brothers had already given Scooby Doo 3 a green light.  But Scooby Doo 2 was a box office disappointment.  It opened in first place at the box office, but it grossed a little more than half of what the first movie made.  The planned third movie was cancelled.

Critics liked the sequel even less than they liked the original Scooby Doo.  It also won a Razzie for Worst Sequel or Remake.

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Alicia Silverstone – Beauty Shop – 2005

Silverstone continued trying to stage a comeback with 2005’s Beauty Shop.

Queen Latifah starred in the Barber Shop spin-off.  She played a stylist who quits her job working for Kevin Bacon and sets up her own salon.  Silverstone played one of the stylists who works for Latifah

Beauty Shop also co-starred the inspiration for this entire series, Mena Suvari.  Andie MacDowell, Alfre Woodard and Della Reese also appeared.  Reviews were mostly negative and the movie was not a hit at the box office.

At the time, Silverstone said she didn’t mind that her career had slowed down:

I had done something like nine films from age 15 to 18.  And I think I had to stop and go, like, ‘I want to buy a house. I want to live a little bit.

Alicia Silverstone - Silence Becomes You - 2005
Alicia Silverstone – Silence Becomes You – 2005

In the direct-to-video thriller, Silence Becomes You, Silverstone played one half of a pair of eccentric sisters who decide to jointly seduce a man they met in a bar.  They lure him up to their secluded mansion where they enact a devious plan.

At one point, Thora Birch and Juliette Lewis were attached to play the sisters.  When they dropped out due to scheduling conflict, Silverstone and Sienna Guillory stepped in.

Silverstone also produced a pilot for Fox for a show called Queen B.  The pilot episode was directed by Danny DeVito.  Silverstone played a former high school prom queen who struggles with the real world.  Queen B was not picked up to a series.

10 years after Clueless made Silverstone a star, she couldn’t get a TV show picked up.

Alicia Silverstone - Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker - 2006
Alicia Silverstone – Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker – 2006

In 2006, Silverstone had a supporting role in the family adventure film, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker.

The movie was an adaptation of a popular series of British spy novels for young adults.  The books and the movie are about a 14-year old boy who is raised by his uncle (played by Ewan McGregor) and his housekeeper (played by Silvertsone).  When his uncle dies, it is revealed that he was actually a spy working for MI-6 and that he was training his nephew to follow in his footsteps.  The boy ends up working for MI-6 and fighting a villain played by Mickey Rourke.  Billy Nighy and Andy Serkis had supporting roles.

The Alex Rider novels were immensely successful and it was expected that success would translate to the big screen.  The plan was to launch a series of movies that would duplicate the Harry Potter franchise.  At the time, Stormbreaker was the most expensive independent English movie ever released.  Screenwriter and novelist Anthony Horowitz was commissioned to start writing an adaptation of his second novel before the first movie came out in theaters.

But Stormbreaker was met with indifference by critics and audiences.  It was unfavorably compared to both James Bond and Harry Potter and said to lack originality.  Stormbreaker was released on only 221 theaters in the US and failed to earn even $1 million dollars.  Not surprisingly, it made most of its money overseas.  But even there, it grossed roughly one-half of its $40 million dollar budget.  Plans for sequels were scrapped.

Silverstone - Boston Marriage - 2006
Silverstone – Boston Marriage – 2006

Silvertone returned to the stage for the L.A. premiere of David Mamet’s play, Boston Marriage.  Variety dubbed the play a mess that has at least one terrific performance.  You are probably thinking that the theater critic has singled out Mary Steenburgen or Rebecca Pidgeon for praise.  But no.  According to the Variety critic, Silverstone “steals the show as the hapless Scottish maid Catherine. Her Scottish accent is good, her comic delivery is fresh, and she gets the maximum laugh value from each wobbly curtsey.”

Alicia Silverstone - Candles on Bay Street - 2006
Alicia Silverstone – Candles on Bay Street – 2006

Silverstone spent the rest of 2006 on TV.  First up was the cheesetastic, Candles on Bay Street.  In this three-hankie Hallmark Hall of Fame production, Silverstone played a single mom who returns to her hometown to open a candle-making store.  She reconnects with her best friend from childhood who is now happily married.  Her friend’s new wife worries about their relationship, but come on!  Does Silverstone look like a home-wrecker to you?  *spoiler alert*  No, silly.  This is a Hallmark movie.  Of course she is dying and needs someone to look after her kid after she’s gone.  D’uh.

Silverstone took another crack at launching a TV sitcom with the pilot for the TV show Pink Collar.  The show was about four female co-workers at an insurance company.  Silverstone was the lead.  Her character was struggling to get back in the company’s good graces after an unexplained career setback from several years ago.  Could it have been Excess Baggage?  ABC aired the pilot, but didn’t pick up the show to series.  That gave Silverstone two failed pilots in two years.

Alicia Silverstone - The Singles Table - 2007
Alicia Silverstone – The Singles Table – 2007

Undeterred, Silverstone took another swing at sitcom stardom with The Singles Table.  The pilot for the show about five singles who meet when they are seated together at a wedding reception was shot without Silverstone’s involvement.  Originally, her character was played by Pascale Hutton.  The pilot was picked up to series with an order of thirteen episodes.  Fifteen days later, it was announced that Hutton was being replaced by Silverstone.  Reshoots began to incorporate Silverstone into the show.  But then the network, NBC, decided to cancel the show in order to cut costs.  Only six of the thirteen episodes had been completed and Silverstone had only filmed scenes for two of them.  There were plans to air the six produced episodes during the summer, but ultimately the show never saw the light of day.

Alicia Silverstone - Speed the Plow - 2007
Alicia Silverstone – Speed the Plow – 2007

Silverstone returned to the Geffen Playhouse in 2007 for a revival of Mamet’s play, Speed the Plow.  Reviews for the Hollywood satire were significantly better than they were for Boston Marriage.

Alicia Silverstone - PETA ad - 2007
Alicia Silverstone – PETA ad – 2007

Silverstone, who has refused to do nude scenes throughout her career, appeared in some sexy print ads and commercials promoting vegetarianism for PETA.  The organization had named Silverstone “Sexiest Female Vegetarian” in 2004 and decided it was time to put that sex appeal to good use three years later.

The spots were too racy for Houston, Texas which had them pulled off the air.

On TV, Silverstone’s losing streak continued into 2008.  She shot a pilot for a series based on Kate Long’s novel The Bad Mother’s Handbook.  The series would have featured Silverstone as a single mother caring for her teenage daughter and her own mother.  ABC did not pick up the show to series.

On the upside, she can be spotted sitting next to Jack Black during the Academy Awards scene in the comedy, Tropic Thunder.

Alicia Silverstone - Tropic Thunder cameo - 2008
Alicia Silverstone – Tropic Thunder cameo – 2008

Silverstone was slated for a multi-episode arc on the popular sitcom How I Met Your Mother.  She would have played a dermatologist who would have started dating Ted, the main character on the show.  But when pop star Britney Speares was cast as the dermatologist’s assistant, Silverstone backed out.  Reportedly, she was worried about being overshadowed by the famous singer.  Silverstone was replaced with Scrubs star Sarah Chalke and the part was reduced to accomodate Chalke’s limited availability.

Alicia Silverstone - Time Stands Still - 2009
Alicia Silverstone – Time Stands Still – 2009

In 2009, Silverstone returned to the LA stage in the premiere of Donald Margulies’ play, Time Stands Still.

Alicia Silverstone -Time Stands Still - 2009-2010
Alicia Silverstone -Time Stands Still – 2010

The following year, Silverstone reprised her role in the Broadway production which starred Laura Linney as a photo journalist who has returned from covering the war in Iraq with serious injuries.  Eric Bogosian co-starred as Linney’s ex and Silverstone played his chipper new girlfriend.  The New York Times praised Silverstone’s performance in their review of the Broadway production:

Ms. Silverstone, whose Broadway debut came in the dreary stage adaptation of The Graduate, gets a happy chance at redemption in a tricky role to which she brings warmth, actorly intelligence and delicate humor. She achieves the lovely feat of allowing us to laugh at Mandy’s shallowness even as we are charmed by her good-heartedness.

silverstone - kind diet
Alicia Silverstone – The Kind Diet – 2009

In 2009, Silverstone decided to cash in on her status as a sexy vegetarian with her vegan cookbook, The Kind Diet.

At the time of the book’s release, Silverstone claimed to have turned down offers for TV and movie roles to focus on her stage work:

Who knows what I was doing in Scooby-Doo 2.  I just didn’t know my potential at the time. That’s all part of my past.

The Kind Diet was a New York Times Best Seller.  Silverstone used the book to launch her own website, The Kind Life.  There was more “kindness” to follow.  But we’ll get to that soon.

Silverstone spent a lot of time in her early career insisting that she was not a music video girl.  But in 2009, she decided to star in another music video.

In Rob Thomas’ video for Her Diamonds, Silverstone played a girl who does not flip off Stephen Dorff or make out with Liv Tyler.  So adjust your expectations and interest levels accordingly.  Instead, she starts off frozen in a block of ice and gradually thaws out.  At the end of the video, she gazes into the warm sunlight.

According to Silverstone, she had been turning down TV and movie roles left and right.  But she found time for a couple of video shorts for the Funny or Die website.  First, she appeared in a satire of an anti-same-sex marriage promo.  The original commercial The Gathering Storm, compared same-sex marriage to an act of God.  And not the good kind.

Silverstone also satirized all of those indie movies she had been starring in with a fake trailer for My Mother’s Red Hat.  The video co-starred Alanis Morissette.

Alicia Silverstone - The Art of Getting By - 2011
Alicia Silverstone – The Art of Getting By – 2011

In 2011, Silverstone had a supporting role in the indie teen comedy, The Art of Getting By.  Freddie Highmore starred as a talented art student who believes that since life is pointless, he doesn’t need to apply his talents in any meaningful way.  He ends up falling for a classmate played by Emma Roberts, and suddenly things start to matter to him more.  Silverstone played one of Highmore’s teachers.

The Art of Getting By premiered at Sundance and where it received mixed reviews.  It never received a wide theatrical release.

Alicia Silverstone - Children's Hospital - 2011
Alicia Silverstone – Children’s Hospital – 2011

Later that year, Silverstone had a guest appearance on the Adult Swim medical comedy, Children’s Hospital.  In the episode, it is revealed that series regular Rob Huebel is secretly married to Silverstone when she brings their baby into the ward for treatment.

Alicia Silverstone - Butter - 2011
Alicia Silverstone – Butter – 2012

Silverstone also co-starred with Children’s Hospital star Rob Corddry in the indie comedy, Butter.

Corddry and Silverstone played foster parents to a girl with a talent for butter sculpture.  Ty Burrell played a local who has dominated the local butter-carving competition for 15 years in a row.  When he is asked not to compete in order to give other sculptors a shot at the prize, his overly competitive wife played by Jennifer Garner takes his place in the contest.  Olivia Wilde played a stripper who joins the contest because Burrell stiffed her for $600.  Hugh Jackman also made an appearance.

Butter received mostly negative reviews with critics complaining that the satire missed the mark and the movie held middle America in contempt.  It played in 90 theaters where it barely grossed $100,000 dollars.

silverstone vamps
Alicia Silverstone – Vamps – 2012

Later that year, Silverstone reuinted with her Clueless director, Amy Heckerling, for the comedy Vamps.

Silverstone co-starred opposite Krysten Ritter as socialite vampires.  Sigourney Weaver and Clueless co-star Wallace Shawn also make appearances.

Inspite of the vampire craze, Vamps got an extremely limited theatrical release before being dumped on video and on-demand.  How limited?  It played in one theater where it earned just over $3 grand.

Silverstone - Suburgatory - 2012
Silverstone – Suburgatory – 2012

On TV, Silverstone had a four-episode run as a guest star on the sitcom, Suburgatory.  The show starred Jeremy Sisto with whom Silverstone had worked on Hideaway and Clueless:

When I first watched Suburgatory, I was so excited for him and proud of him and thought, ‘Wow, he’s just a whole different guy.  I mean, we did a movie called Hideaway. He played a psycho-killer and I was Jeff Goldblum’s daughter. And then we did Clueless and he was snotty and hip and thought he was all that.  It was so fun to see him as a dad – a grown dad with so much love and warmth and charm.

Alicia Silverstone - the Performers - 2012
Alicia Silverstone – the Performers – 2012

Silverstone returned to Broadway for The Performers.  The production closed after only seven performances.  It stalled out after receiving tepid reviews and opening during Hurricane Sandy.

Silverstone also made headlines for publishing a letter to Russian Leader Vladimir Putin following the arrest of the protest band, Pussy Riot.  Silverstone wasn’t concerned about the arrest or any of the human rights issues that lead up to it.  She wanted to make sure the prisoners had the option of vegan meals.

Silverstone - Letter to Putin

Later that year, the actress caused a stir with a video she posted on her website in which she chewed up food and then spit it into her young son’s mouth.

Alicia Silverstone feeding her son - 2012
Alicia Silverstone feeding her son – 2012

Silverstone married rock star Christopher Jarecki in 2005.  She gave birth to their son, Bear Blu, yes, his name is Bear Blu, in 2011.  The following year, Silverstone posted the video with the controversial and icky feeding method.  She included the following message with the video:

I just had a delicious breakfast of miso soup, collards and radish steamed and drizzled with flax oil, cast iron mochi with nori wrapped outside, and some grated daikon. Yum!  I fed Bear the mochi and a tiny bit of veggies from the soup… from my mouth to his.  It’s his favorite…and mine.  He literally crawls across the room to attack my mouth if I’m eating.

Gross?  Yeah.  But is it unhealthy as some people have claimed?  There’s no medical consensus one way or another.  Some doctors claim that the baby may be getting healthy enzymes.  Others argue it spreads disease.

Alicia Silvrstone - Ass Backwards - 2013
Alicia Silvrstone – Ass Backwards – 2013

In 2013, Silverstone appeared in the indie comedy, Ass Backwards.  June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson starred as two dim-witted friends who continually lost to Silverstone as children in beauty pageants.  Now adults, they decide to take another stab at winning a beauty pageant.

Ass Backwards premiered at Sundance where it was panned by critics.

Silverstone also starred opposite Peter Fonda in the pilot for a Lifetime TV show titled HR.  Silverstone played the uptight Director of Human Resources for a large company whose outlook on life changes after a head injury.

Silverstone - Angels in Stardust - 2014
Silverstone – Angels in Stardust – 2014

Silverstone played a self-absorbed mother in the direct-to-video move, Angels in Stardust.  The movie was an adaptation of the novel Jesus in Cowboy Boots.  It was adapted and directed by novelist, William Robert Carey.  The title of the movie was changed from the novel so that it would be listed near the top of alphabetical video-on-demand listings.

Silverstone joined the cast five days prior to the start date.  She was very upset when a prop person handed her a fur to use in a scene.

Reviews were mostly negative.

Alicia Silverstone - The Kind Mama - 2014
Alicia Silverstone – The Kind Mama – 2014

2014 also saw the release of Silverstone’s follow-up to her best selling vegan cookbook, The Kind Diet.  In The Kind Mama, Silverstone provided controversial parenting advice.  Silverstone’s guide to parenting is based purely on her own personal experiences which include no medical or developmental training whatsoever.  Which is probably why she opposed vaccines:

While there has not been a conclusive study of the negative effects of such a rigorous one-size-fits-all, shoot-’em-up schedule, there is increasing anecdotal evidence from doctors who have gotten distressed phone calls from parents claiming their child was ‘never the same…  I personally have friends whose babies were drastically affected in this way.

Silverstone, who named her son Bear Blu and video taped herself spitting food into his mouth, holds him up as an example of her superior parenting style:

Because his body is a super-clean, healthy machine it can defend itself and flush out all the nasty stuff much more quickly than a baby whose diet isn’t as kind.

Silverstone confirmed that her son has not been vaccinated or received “one drop of medicine”.  She also made the claim that tampons can make a woman infertile:

Unfortunately, feminine-care manufacturers aren’t required to tell you what’s in their products, which means that no one’s talking about the potential pesticide residues from non-organic cotton and the ‘fragrances’ containing hormone-upsetting, fertility-knocking phthalates that are snuggling up to your hoo-ha.

“Hoo-ha” of course being a medical term brought into the popular vernacular by Dr. Albert Pacino.

Silverstone plans to impart additional life advice in a third book which is to be titled The Kind Diet Cookbook.

So, what the hell happened?

Silverstone caught national attention based on her look in a series of popular videos and became a Hollywood powerhouse based on a single hit movie which was actually only a modest success at the box office.  But her fast success resulted in a backlash.  Just as quickly as audiences fell in love with Silverstone, they turned on her.

Behind the scenes, Silverstone had a reputation for being difficult.  And let’s face facts, she’s a flake.  So it’s no surprise that her movie career faltered once her popularity faded.  Still, you have to hand it to her.  When life handed her lemons, she made vegan lemonade.

Although she is no longer in the spotlight, Silverstone continues to work both on stage and screen.  Her movies and TV appearances aren’t seen by many.  But she has somehow created a cottage industry out her offbeat beliefs.  Personally, I’m not about to take medical advice from the girl from the Arrowsmith videos.  But apparently a lot of other people will.  So, more power to her?

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Geo
Geo
12 years ago

Another great entry LeBeau. Nice to see that The Batman Curse has been firmly embraced!
Aside from the curse, I think that another big problem is that she rose to fame very quickly, and was destined to fall even faster. Unfortunately with that short-lived stardom, she doesn’t have years and years of fans to fall back on for a comeback — like Michael Keaton and several other previous subjects in your series. But, the upside to that is that she’s still young enough to reinvent herself and succeed again.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I wouldn’t necessarily say that most people wanted “Batman & Robin” to fail. I’m old enough (I was in-between 8th grade and starting high school when that movie came out) to remember how highly anticipated it was as far back as when casting first started to commence. I vaguely recall seeing Alicia be interviewed at the ’96 MTV Movie Awards (where she won for Best Female Performance for “Clueless”), where she talked about getting ready to wear her Batsuit (although Alicia initially slipped up and said “CATsuit”). Remember that “Batman Forever” was the biggest live-action movie of 1995 (I think… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
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Alicia Silverstone in “Batman & Robin” now that I think about it, kind of reminds me of for example Jake Lloyd and his successor as young Anakin Skywalker, Hayden Christensen in the “Star Wars” prequels. Like Alicia, Lloyd and especially Christensen weren’t exactly the greatest of performers on their own, but we were willing to give them some benefit of the doubt because most of the blame for what whatever was wrong w/ the prequels went to George Lucas.
http://www.twcc.com/articles/2015/04/26/d/derailed-film-stars-vader-bait-hayden-christensen

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

Tracking how “ER” made George Clooney famous:
http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/george-clooney-fame-timeline-1994-1995.html

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I find it extremely ironic that George Clooney is by most accounts, the worst Batman, and yet he’s career as of now, is far, far better than his predecessors and WTHHT subjects, Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer. I’ll give George credit for being man enough to admit that he’s embarrassed by his association w/ this movie, but that doesn’t change the notion that he himself didn’t help matters w/ his performance. At least w/ Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer, they tried to theatricalize their performance as Batman (e.g. alter their speaking voice) in contrast to Bruce Wayne. Clooney never seemed… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

20 Movies That Made Us Think Differently About The Actors In Them (And Not In A Good Way): http://styleblazer.com/73727/20-movies-that-made-us-think-differently-about-the-actors-in-them-and-not-in-a-good-way/10/ In the earlier generation of Batman movies, released from 1989 to to 1997, two were led by Tim Burton, carrying his signature dark aesthetic to much acclaim. The last two films were increasingly less dark and more campy than the Adam West series. Chris O’Donnell played Batman’s sidekick in Batman and Robin, which was so corny it took a new generation of actors (Christian Bale) and directors (Christopher Nolan) to repair the Dark Knight’s street cred. Unfortunately O’Donnel’s career as a… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/alicia_silverstone/biography.php
Despite such a promising beginning to her career, however, the vivacious, green-eyed blonde subsequently weathered a series of professional set-backs, due to poor film choices, weight issues, and an industry increasingly congested with such similarly ebullient young starlets as Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jennifer Love Hewitt. By the end of the decade, Silverstone’s future looked uncertain, although many observers noted that her youth and talent made her chances for a comeback entirely plausible.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone – Career Ditz: http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=74 by Montgomery Sudan When Alicia silverstone, one time IT girl, was asked to join in on the homoerotica of Batman And Robin, it seemed like a good idea at the time. “‘Sure’ was my answer. It was exciting. It was one of those things that there was no reason not do it.” Except maybe that the film was to become one of the most villified films of recent memory. “I used to watch the TV series. I liked the villains,” says Silverstone, only just now managing to put her career back in place. Monty… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone → AsianFanatics Forum → Entertainment Center → Non-Asian Entertainment → Non-Asian Females: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_14042060778208&key=12771c7b3e79a1736ad55e737a2d6b8f&libId=8aeb9365-9b95-4dbc-b142-8bf17ca3cffc&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwebcache.googleusercontent.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3AYRQWSooU8MMJ%3Aasianfanatics.net%2Fforum%2Ftopic%2F171395-alicia-silverstone%2F%2B%26cd%3D214%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fasianfanatics.net%2Fforum%2Ftopic%2F171395-alicia-silverstone%2F%23entry1789775&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&title=Alicia%20Silverstone%20-%20Non-Asian%20Females%20-%20AsianFanatics%20Forum&txt=%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%2310%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09 Alicia (pronounced a-LEE-cee-a) Silverstone first gained attention in a popular trilogy of Aerosmith videos (“Cryin'”, “Amazing” and “Crazy”) and the feature “The Crush” (1993), sort of a “Fatal Attraction” for the Clearasil set. Already strikingly attractive and remarkably self-assured, the then-15-year-old blonde dazzled in her video appearances, playing a burgeoning sexpot with an edge. In “The Crush”, Silverstone portrayed an unstable teen in love with an older man (Carey Elwes). Although the feature fizzled commercially, its leading lady won two MTV Movie awards–Best Villain and… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

What ever happened to Alicia Silverstone?: http://misterjayps.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/what-ever-happened-to-alicia-silverstone/ Remember the gorgeous girl from Clueless? What happened to her career? Among her peers, which include Claire Danes, Natalie Portman, and Kate Winslet, her star has fallen the most. Considering that among her contemporaries in the 90’s, she was the most high-profile. She was going to be the next big leading lady, in the same vein as Sandra Bullock and Julia Roberts. Until Batman and Robin came along. I think that movie ruined her career. After playing Batgirl, nothing high-profile came along. She did a few projects that caught my attention, “Blast from… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Wanted: one leading man: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/feb/29/features.review In the Hollywood spotlight since her adolescence, Alicia Silverstone now finds herself trying to revive her once brilliant career. A film industry friend told me emphatically that I was going to ‘just love’ Alicia Silverstone and I did, apart from her bizarre and rather precious refusal to discuss her family background. Aside from that, she is delightful – bubbly and chatty when it came to talking about the majority of subjects ranging from her starring role as a matchmaking divorce lawyer in Miss Match, the new television project from Sex and the City creator, Darren… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

I was thinking about Alicia Silverstone again after seeing her on California Live. Depending on who you ask, Alicia either made bad decisions, was ill-advised, or just came off as too new age weird.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Batman & Robin: 10 Reasons It’s Criminally Underrated: http://whatculture.com/film/batman-robin-10-reasons-its-criminally-underrated.php/6 5. It Launched George Clooney’s Career It can be a hard move for a television actor to transfer to the world of film, and few have done this more successfully as George Clooney. After a long and popular stint on ER, Clooney managed to become a Hollywood leading man, winning an Oscar and other major awards over a long and popular career as well as branching off into directing, producing and writing. Bizarrely enough, Batman and Robin helped him achieve his mega-stardom. Before Batman and Robin, Clooney starred in some movies,… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

5 Reasons Why George Clooney Could Have Been The Best Batman:
http://whatculture.com/film/5-reasons-why-george-clooney-could-have-been-the-best-batman.php

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

Never leave the cave without it: 13 good performances in terrible movies: http://www.avclub.com/articles/never-leave-the-cave-without-it-13-good-performanc,99756/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default 1. George Clooney, Batman & Robin (1997) Joel Schumacher’s campy take on Batman had already derailed the characters in Batman Forever, with its gleefully overacting villains and garish neon colors. But Batman & Robin took the series to its nadir, amplifying Schumacher’s grating direction with a pun-heavy script (by future Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman) and the epic miscasting of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, and Alicia Silverstone. But casting George Clooney to take over the cowl from Val Kilmer made one unexpected improvement. Clooney injected much-needed levity into… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

CFAmick I’ve only seen parts of it within the past few months, and holy hell, is it awful. Alicia Silverstone in a schoolgirl outfit, though, is a sight to behold. YESTERDAY 01:21 AM 24 LIKES uselessbeauty It totally f***ed her career though. It’s never been the same since. YESTERDAY 01:27 AM 22 LIKES Col. Alphonse Dore Cliburn CBE Though, that said, I have a feeling that the general trajectory was not likely to have changed if she didn’t do this film- there were already signs that she was not to be a star for long. YESTERDAY 01:53 AM 35 LIKES… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

10 Comic Book Movie Performances That Ruined Actors’ Careers: http://whatculture.com/film/10-comic-book-movie-performances-that-ruined-actors-careers.php/2 Alicia Silverstone On the back of the brilliant Clueless (yes it is!) and cult classic The Babysitter, Alicia Silverstone’s star was rising in the mid-90s and when the question of Batgirl came up, Joel Schumacher and Warner Bros. looked to her. Sadly, nobody thought to write a script, or make sure Schumacher had ever read a comic book, and Silverstone’s role amounted to her delivering her lines like she had a boiled egg in her mouth, and gratuitous close-ups of her leather-clad backside. Several conspicuous backwards steps followed. What She… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Worst of the Franchise: 1997’s “Batman & Robin” http://reviewedbymarkleonard.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/worst-of-the-franchise-1997s-batman-robin/ Where to begin with this one? Some of it defies reason for devotees of the Dark Knight of the comics and graphic novels. Amongst that corruption of logic, was “Batman & Robin” turning the character of Bane…into a monosyllabic idiot. On the page, Bane was actually a worthy Batman adversary, and a criminal mastermind. The smash 2012 “The Dark Knight Rises” rectified the arch-villain’s sullied reputation (thank you, Christopher Nolan!). Then there’s Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl. This casting decision blew my mind back in 1997, when I first saw “Batman &… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Bad Sequels: Batman & Robin (1997): http://bmoviedectective.wix.com/b-movie-detective/apps/blog/bad-sequels-batman-robin-1997 Bad Sequels: Batman & Robin (1997) The basic plot: Gotham City superhero Batman (George Clooney) and his faithful boy-wonder Robin (Chris O’Donnell) attempt to thwart the evil doings of super-villains Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) with the help of the newly-arrived Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone). Additionally, are super duo must contemned with internal tension and jealousy between the two of them that threatens to destroy their partnership. Det. Abilene’s rating: ZERO (out of 5) Analysis: Tim Burton’s dark, young adult-oriented big-screen reworking of the comic book character Batman was the… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

11 Movies That Killed A Franchise: 2. Batman and Robin (1997) I will stand among the few who will always stick up and defend Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever; sure, it was silly and goofy, but it was fun, boasted splendid visuals, and had two wacky villain performances from Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones. His follow-up, 1997′s Batman and Robin, however, is down right indefensible, and will likely remain one of the worst superhero films of all time, alongside Elektra and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. It was so bad that for 8 years, it killed the Batman franchise stone… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Revisiting Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin: http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/batman/15717/revisiting-joel-schumacher%E2%80%99s-batman-robin With this type of direction, it is hard to really blame the cast for the disaster this movie became, but they are not totally blameless. Starting off with the leads, George Clooney had pretty big shoes to fill taking over from Kilmer and his predecessor Michael Keaton, but he does try and it isn’t his fault he fails miserably. As his future film projects have taught us, Clooney is an extraordinarily talented actor/director and writer. He was just totally miscast in this role. Yes, he had huge success on the TV, but Batman… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I personally don’t know for sure if a true “comeback” is in the cards for Alicia at this point. If you want to believe the What Culture article that I posted a while ago regarding “acting one hit wonders”, then all Alicia Silverstone has done since her “Clueless” prime was “lazily recycle the persona that made her famous in the first place”. I hate to reiterate a previous point, but by most accounts, it just seems like Alicia doesn’t have enough range to be able to truly be successful as a serious actress. Plus, she’s now too old to properly… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

Some comments regarding Alicia’s appearances on the TV show “Suburgatory”: http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3208138-suburgatory/page-29#entry14982718 I keep thinking that Eden would be more tolerable played by someone else. I liked Silverstone in Clueless, but I don’t recall seeing her in anything else where I liked her. And here, on this show, she lacks charisma, imo. I’m also pulled out of scenes when she talks about anything to do with childbirth, -rearing, or -growing. Since, I assume, much if not all of what Eden says is what Alicia believes/follows, I don’t feel like I’m being given permission to laugh at her. She’s serious about it.… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

I know that I’ve repeatedly ragged on Alicia for her apparent lack of range being a major factor for why she’s longer an in-demand leading lady. But w/ that being said, I’m also not going to totally fault her or any other performer who has a tendency of “playing themselves” so to speak. However, if you’re going to do such a thing, it better be not only a great character, but you better have a great presence on screen. And for whatever the reasons (either it’s writing/direction or lack of confidence), outside of “Clueless”, Alicia never really “nailed it”. In… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

‘Clueless’ Reunion On ‘Suburgatory’: Alicia Silverstone Talks ‘Clueless’ References, Working With Jeremy Sisto & More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/18/clueless-reunion-suburgatory_n_1435141.html

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

Chris O’Donnell at his peak, was arguably more of a “star by association” (not just the Batman movies but also “Sent of a Woman”, which earned Al Pacino an Oscar for Best Lead Actor). I do agree that to the best of my knowledge, O’Donnell never really had a bonafide hit movie/blockbuster in which he was the lead star (“Veritcal Limit” was probably the closest, even though I don’t recall that movie exactly being sold on his name) or main attraction unlike Alicia Silverstone and “Clueless”.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

11 Most Compelling Pieces Of Evidence That Batman Triumphant Would Have Been Great: http://whatculture.com/film/11-most-compelling-pieces-of-evidence-that-batman-triumphant-would-have-been-great.php They’d Dropped Batgirl Yes, Clueless is wonderful and Alicia Silverstone should never have ended up with a career that basically amounts to having every pilot she makes rejected, but her Batgirl was a travesty. The writing was awful, her performance was awkward and cheap and there was literally no merit in her being involved at all. Thankfully, Schumacher apparently realized as much and planned to cut her after Batman & Robin entirely, removing the slurring, superfluous side-kick and her horribly misguided new backstory and streamlining the… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Geo

Alicia Silverstone says she would make a ‘much better’ Batgirl at age 40 https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/05/15/alicia-silverstone-would-be-better-batgirl-today/101712422/ Alicia Silverstone wants another crack at Batgirl. She says she’d be better this time around. The Clueless breakout was 21-years-old when she stepped into the Batgirl suit in 1997’s Batman & Robin alongside George Clooney’s Batman and Chris O’Donnell’s Robin. The adaptation flopped (still carrying an appalling 11% critical score on RottenTomatoes) and Silverstone took her critical knocks for the role. “I feel like I could do a much better Batgirl now than I did then. It would be fun to tackle it again,” Silverstone tells… Read more »

Geo
Geo
12 years ago

Exactly, she is still actively working but not the star she once was. And that’s why I think she just barely qualifies for “What the Hell Happened To”. I think to re-reach the level of stardom she once had she would need to take a different path than she’s on right now. She’s sort of settling in at being a “working actress”, which might be what she wants. She’s also not comparable to the other great actors that you’ve covered here. She lacks the experience and ability of most of those people from what I’ve seen. She may have the… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Geo

UNDERSTANDING SPRING TRAINING’S GREATEST ENIGMA: THE NON-ROSTER INVITEE: http://theintelligentfan.com/2013/02/22/understanding-spring-trainings-greatest-enigma-the-non-roster-invitee/ The Flash-in-the-Pans (a/k/a the Alicia Silverstone Category). These players mirror Alicia Silverstone’s career. Based on her initial success with The Crush and Clueless, movie producers assumed she could act. However, Batman & Robin, Excess Baggage, and Blast From the Past dispelled such notions. Similarly, the Flash-in-the-Pan players had brief success at the major league level but could not sustain that success over a prolonged period of time. Often, such players get an unanticipated opportunity to play as a young player and surprisingly put up solid offensive statistics for a short period… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Geo

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that perhaps the reasons why movies like “Scooby Doo 2” and “Beauty Shop” didn’t exactly “rejigger” Alicia’s film career is because in regards to “Scooby Doo 2”, #1 it was a given that the human actors not playing members of Mystery Inc. were going to be overshadowed (so in effect, Alicia was pretty much going to get lost in the shuffle). To make matters worse, the first “Scooby Doo” film was one of those movies that while being a huge box office hit, was one of those movies that not… Read more »

Andymovieman
Andymovieman
12 years ago

batman and robin really sucked.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  Andymovieman

Alicia Silverstone Batman & Robin interview 1997:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj7FIg9sJrI

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  Andymovieman

Hollywood Career Killers: 15 Movies That Helped Do Away With Major Tinseltown Players: http://styleblazer.com/141888/hollywood-career-killers-15-movies-that-helped-do-away-with-major-tinseltown-players/15/ Batman and Robin killed the career of director Joel Schumacher. Not instantly, mind you, but more like a bullet moving in slow motion. The filmmaker, whose previous 1995 film Batman Forever was a huge hit, opted to turn up the camp factor for the third sequel in the series. Though he seemed to be aiming for the sly comedy of the 1960s TV series, the film came out more along the lines of a homoerotic action figure commercial. Stars George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Uma Thurman… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

10 Misguided Career Moves Made By Talented Actors: http://whatculture.com/film/10-misguided-career-moves-made-by-talented-actors.php/6 5. Chris O’Donnell Turning Down Two Awesome Films Chris O’Donnell is best known to most for his role as Robin in Joel Schumacher’s two Batman films, and more recently as Agent Callen on NCIS: Los Angeles. While some might say that the guy is still a success, he could have been something far greater if he’d actually taken some prosperous roles when they came along. Inexplicably, despite it being down to Leonardo DiCaprio and O’Donnell for the role of Jack in Titanic – and Fox preferring O’Donnell – he didn’t take… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

14 Scifi and Fantasy Movies That Killed Actors’ Careers: http://io9.com/15-movie-actors-whose-careers-were-killed-by-scifi-and-532347846 6) Chris O’Donnell and Alicia Silverstone, Batman and Robin And while we’re on the subject of Batman! Chris O’ Donnell was a hot up-and-comer with he was cast as Robin in Batman Forever, which wasn’t exactly loved but made a lot of money. Alicia Silverstone was more or less a star after Clueless. Then Batman and Robin came out and just destroyed them. It was a terrible movie, and they were amazingly horrible in it, and they both slunk to TV afterwards (where O’Donnell is currently having far more success… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

http://io9.com/15-movie-actors-whose-careers-were-killed-by-scifi-and-532347846#
HexiSkeli > Rob Bricken
Alicia Silverstone also had babies and didn’t get plastic surgery. Women in general in Hollywood tend to get burned through quicker. Hollywood is generally not a fan of good looking soccer-mom, all natural types. They want stunning, fake beauty like Megan Faux.

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

http://io9.com/15-movie-actors-whose-careers-were-killed-by-scifi-and-532347846# JinDenver > Rob Bricken See, I think Keaton was just out of time. Correlation does not equal causation (obviously.) But I think it was just time for new stars. 1993 and 1994 (the years after Batman Returns) we got movies like Forrest Gump, Shawshank, the Lion King, Pulp Fiction, Jurassic Park, Schindle’rs List, Philadelphia, and more. We’d just simply moved on to other actors. As far as the likes of Denise Richards, Alicia Silverstone, Hayden Christensen, Brandon Routh and even Kristen Kreuk to some extent: they were awful at their craft. They were/are horrid, horrid actors who simply stopped… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

I’ve been pushing for Jim Carrey in the comments section for Eddie Murphy’s WTHHT page to be the next Batman film alumnus to get a WTHHT, but at this point, I might as well strongly suggest that Chris O’Donnell get one himself (based on the “evidence” that I’ve past provided here).

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

Maybe the whole controversy over Jim Carrey’s recent anti-gun rants sort of convinced me to try to “build enough evidence” to support a possible WTHHT. I do agree w/ your statement that perhaps a large part of the problem w/ Jim Carrey (besides obviously, the novelty of his schtick not having a long self-life, hence Jim trying to move more towards dramatic acting) in recent years is the feeling that he really is no longer “cool” (but really more of a “sad and crazy” old man so to speak). I am curious how “Dumb & Dumber 2” (20 years after… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  Geo

It’s stuff like that which makes me think that it’s going to be especially hard for Alicia to get even close to making a “comeback”. People are easily going to interpret this as Alicia being a weirdo. It’s especially bad considering that Alicia hasn’t really done anything of note acting wise (that that mainstream public really care about) in a while.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  Geo

Alicia Silverstone’s Gross Baby Feeding Method Is Cry for Attention — We Hope!? (VIDEO):
http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/135169/alicia_silverstones_gross_baby_feeding

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  Geo

http://www.411mania.com/movies/columns/232219/Movies-TV%5C%5Cs-3Rs-04.03.12:-Anchorman-2,-Hunger-Games,-Man-of-Steel,-Ashton-Kutcher,-More-.htm Alicia Silverstone feeds her baby the same way birds do: It’s been 17 years since Clueless, 15 years since Batman & Robin, and 10 years since the name Alicia Silverstone no longer carried movie cred. None of that stuff matters now since – as her lifestyle blog The Kind Life puts it – she spends most of her carefree days enjoying a healthy life and spreading the green word to as many people as possible. Nothing ridiculous there. Good for you, Alicia Silverstone. I’m glad you found a passion and are happier for it. Maybe I should also look… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Geo

I seriously think that Alicia Silverstone is in dire need of an image consultant. What I mean is that Alicia needs people around her to tell her to be more “careful” in delivering her message so to speak. Several years back, Alicia was on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to talk about her vegan diet. And at one point, w/o any pause, Alicia talks about how becoming a vegan as improved her bowel movements or something to that extent. That’s absolutely disgusting (vegan or not vegan, I don’t think anybody was asking about the way Alicia Silverstone poops) and something that… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone Tells Son, 8½, ‘No Thank You’ as a Form of ‘Reprimanding’: ‘I Respect Him’ https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/alicia-silverstone-tells-son-8%C2%BD-no-thank-you-as-a-form-of-reprimanding-i-respect-him.3136048/ Alicia Silverstone has found a parenting technique that works for her in correcting her son’s behavior. In an exclusive chat with PEOPLE surrounding her partnership with Crystal deodorant, the 43-year-old actress reveals that she and her son Bear Blu, 8½, have a mutual “respect” that stems from how they interact. “Because of the healthy lifestyle that we lead, he didn’t go through terrible twos and terrible threes. There wasn’t really much of that,” Silverstone says. “When you’re really meeting their needs, and you… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Geo

Alicia Silverstone’s baby eats like a bird . . . literally:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14910587&postcount=11
Is it appropriate for Silverstone to be, in essence, using her celebrity status to “advertise” this method on her healthy-living website? If this were merely her own private parenting choice I’d say the celebrity-watchers and gossip hounds should just mind their own beeswax.
But if she’s deliberately publicizing and promoting this idea, then as far as I’m concerned she’s totally within her rights to do so but anybody who finds it distasteful is also totally within their rights to publicize and promote their revulsion at it.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Geo

Miso soup to prevent measles? Why Alicia Silverstone is feeding her two-year-old son a plant-based diet instead of getting him vaccinated: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2606066/Miso-soup-prevent-measles-Why-Alicia-Silverstone-feeding-two-year-old-son-plant-based-diet-instead-getting-vaccinated.html Alicia Silverstone has revealed that her two-year-old son Bear has never been vaccinated for the usual run of childhood diseases including chickenpox and measles or had a ‘drop of medicine’ because she prefers a natural approach. The 39-year-old vegan actress writes in her new parenting guide The Kind Mama that she believes a ‘plant-based diet’ is an ‘essential part of well-being’ and works with a doctor who shares these views. In an interview with People magazine Ms Silverstone,… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone’s clueless vaccine advice: http://www.salon.com/chromeo/article/alicia_silverstones_clueless_vaccine_advice/ Alicia Silverstone and Jenny McCarthy have a lot in common. They’re both blondes who were famous in the ’90s and who now use their celebrity to spout dubious parenting advice. But whereas McCarthy has of late been clumsily trying to rewrite her very public record of unscientific statements, Silverstone seems willing to pick up the slack. Behold “The Kind Mama.” Silverstone has long been an active and outspoken vegan and advocate for living “eco-friendly.” But since the birth of her son Bear nearly three years ago, she’s also appointed herself a mothering expert. Look,… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone – Clueless about children’s health: http://doubtfulnews.com/2014/04/alicia-silverstone-clueless-about-childrens-health/ by Sharon Hill • April 17, 2014 Just when we manage to get Jenny to see the light and dial back on health advice, here comes her successor. Alicia Silverstone’s Son Has ‘Never Had a Drop of Medicine’ – ABC News. Alicia Silverstone has long been a proponent of attachment parenting. Now, she has written a book about it. In “The Kind Mama,” Silverstone opened up about raising her nearly 3-year-old son, Bear. “He’s never been sick-sick, just feeling a little off from time to time. And he’s never had a drop… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

The Irony Behind Alicia Silverstone’s Kind Mama: https://ivysppdblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/the-irony-behind-alicia-silverstones-kind-mama/ Though it’s less common among kind mamas, some women experience the blues after giving birth. – Alicia Silverstone You heard that right. Now, this, I rank right up there with Tom Cruise’s ignorant ranting “There’s no such thing as a chemical balance!” I found out yesterday that Alicia Silverstone has written a book titled “The Kind Mama: A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant Pregnancy, a Sweeter Birth, and a Healthier, More Beautiful Beginning.” From the articles I’ve read since yesterday, apparently she thinks her celebrity status has rendered her viewpoint… Read more »

Shemp
9 years ago

Maybe Alicia S is nutsy, OR she’s courting “controversy” in a (desperate?) attempt to stay in the public eye/get publicity. Or maybe she’s simply goofy…GOOFY, I say. Call me crazy, but I’ll put what little faith I have with guys like Jonas Salk and, oh I dunno, people that have an EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND in things like biology and nutrition rather than some dingbat whose only claim to “fame” is being a cute actress in light Hollywood entertainment. And for the record, I didn’t think her movie “Excess Baggage” was all that bad…heck, compared to most rom-coms it’s a work of… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Blind Items Revealed
September 19, 2012
http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2012/09/blind-item-1-easy_19.html
This vegan who makes it very clear she is a vegan and mentions it every second that she can when she is not being a former almost A list actress who starred in an iconic role before dropping all the way down to her current B-/C+ movie or television depending on who will employ her has her assistant bring her a hamburger from Umami at least once a week and it is not a vegetarian one or even a turkey one.
Alicia Silverstone

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Geo

From ‘Clueless’ to Clueless: Alicia Silverstone’s ‘The Kind Mama’: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/22/from-clueless-to-clueless-alicia-silverstone-s-the-kind-mama.html#url=/articles/2014/04/22/from-clueless-to-clueless-alicia-silverstone-s-the-kind-mama.html Diapers are ‘pseudoscience.’ Dairy leaves ‘toxic sludge’ in your uterus. And whatever you do, don’t use tampons! Plus six more claims from the actress’s new book of amazing promises.Alicia Silverstone, the Clueless star and former Aerosmith video vixen, caused controversy in 2012 after posting a video of herself pre-chewing her son’s food and transferring it from her mouth to his. Now she has written a book urging you to do the same. In The Kind Mama: A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant Pregnancy, a Sweeter Birth, and a… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone Refuses To Vaccinate Her Kid Because, Miso Soup: http://www.mommyish.com/2014/04/17/alicia-silverstone-refuses-to-vaccinate-her-son/ In Alicia Silverstone‘s new parenting guide, The Kind Mama, she explains that her son Bear’s healthy, kind, plant-based diet is the reason he’s never been sick. She refuses to vaccinate him, because the bowl of miso soup he has for breakfast every morning is just as effective as injecting him with a vaccine developed by decades of peer-reviewed scientific research and testing. Obviously. I’m not really surprised by this inane holistic approach, she is the brains behind the Kind Mama Milk Share program, in which anonymous women on the… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone Hates Vaccines – Treats Son Like A Dog: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2014/04/alicia-silverstone-hates-vaccines.html Alicia Silverstone has had trouble finding successful work as an actress so became an author. In her latest book she tells the world that she is anti-vaccine. She admits there is no scientific evidence to back up her position but feels that anecdotal evidence is good enough for her and that no one should be vaccinating their children. Obviously, then from her insight into the anecdotal world she should have seen what happened to Jenny McCarthy after she made similar thoughts public. Alicia’s book could have been changed when… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

The Advice In Alicia Silverstone’s Parenting Book Is Exactly As Bonkers As You’d Think http://dlisted.com/2014/04/24/the-advice-in-alicia-silverstones-parenting-book-is-exactly-as-bonkers-as-youd-think/#comment-1355075385 I may be completely pulling this out of my ass, but Alicia looks like she did a lot of drugs back in the day. Something about her face. And also her career not going anywhere after Clueless. parkerjey Dionysus • 2 years ago LOL. No I actually loved her in Clueless, but she had seemed off to me for a while. I never put my finger on it until I saw a documentary recently about DMT..and noticed that the people they were interviewing about the… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Geo

Silverstone’s ‘body odor issue’: http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/9098110/Silverstones-body-odour-issue Alicia Silverstone reportedly upset fellow yogis with her foul body odor during a recent retreat. The 36-year-old Clueless star enjoyed a weekend getaway at the We Care Spa in Palm Springs, according to America’s Us Weekly magazine. Silverstone, who reportedly refuses to wear deodorant, is said to have upset her yoga class with her body odor. “She stank. It was especially noticeable during the yoga classes,” a source claimed. The actress’s supposed friend tells the magazine that although she does bathe, Silverstone declines to use hygiene products. “Alicia is clean, but she is very New… Read more »

JediJones
JediJones
11 years ago

If anything it seems like Heather Graham stole Alicia Silverstone’s career out from under her. Put the two of their resumes together and you’d have a great career. Separately, you’ve got one good and one so-so. If only Silverstone had been in Boogie Nights instead of Batman & Robin. Alicia Silverstone might me more appropriate for a “One-Hit Wonder” series of articles. Her career seems to amount to the cinematic equivalent of Don McLean and Toni Basil. It’s hard to think of other actors who killed it in a hit movie and then failed to parlay the success into even… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  JediJones

10 Acting One-Hit Wonders: http://whatculture.com/film/10-acting-one-hit-wonders.php 10. Alicia Silverstone Alicia Silverstone shot to fame at the tender age of 19 when she took the lead in the surprisingly hilarious teen comedy Clueless, playing ditzy, popular girl Cher, who became a role model for young girls the world over, and the object of just about every man’s affections, young and old. However, it’s hard to say that she managed to follow it up with anything of actual merit, instead deferring to starring in Joel Schumacher’s risible superhero film Batman and Robin, playing Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl. Since then, she’s been mostly relegated… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  JediJones

I don’t know if Heather Graham is enough of a fair comparison to Alicia Silverstone. Maybe I say this because Graham had been around much longer than Alicia (at least 10 years) prior to Graham peaking w/ “Boogie Nights” and “Austin Powers”. Alicia was in the public eye for only two and a half years (w/ her guest appearance on “The Wonder Years”, her first film role in “The Crush”, and the trilogy of Aerosmith videos) before breaking through/peaking w/ “Clueless”. Also, Heather Graham was one of those actresses, during her heyday, who for better or worse, seemed to (rather… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I wonder if LeBeau should do a blog about so-called “one-hit wonder” actors/actress (in Cuba Gooding, Jr.’s WTHHT entry, I suggested his “Lighting Jack” co-star Paul Hogan regarding “Crocodile Dundee”). Nia Vardalos can be considered a “one-hit wonder” actress besides Alicia Silverstone. She came out of nowhere w/ “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, which I believe went on to become the highest grossing romantic comedy ever. But everything that she has done since that time (i.e. the “My Big Fat Greek Life” TV series, “Connie and Carla”, “My Life in Ruins”, and “Larry Crowne”, which she wrote rather than actually… Read more »

Shemp
10 years ago

“Connie and Carla” was AWFUL. Perhaps Nia V and Alicia S were “victims” of the one-hit wonder concept: They shone briefly and brightly, expectations on them were high, and when they followed up their “hits” with mediocre (or awful) movies, people wrote them off quicker than forgetting the “Macarena” and/or Flock of Seagulls. They’ll still have careers, but being “stars” — probably not.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

Cast of Clueless: Where Are They Now?
http://www.fame10.com/entertainment/cast-of-clueless-where-are-they-now/8/
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone – who played the good-natured but superficial Cher Horowitz in “Clueless” – didn’t go on to have the successful career everyone expected. Although she has continued to act in movies, on television and in plays, her most successful role to date was in “Clueless.” These days, the former “It Girl” only makes headlines for her controversial parenting advice. Silverstone recently released a new book called “The Kind Mama” where she preaches against the use of vaccines and tampons.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Checking In With The Cast Of ‘Clueless’ 19 Years Later: http://uproxx.com/movies/2014/10/checking-in-with-the-cast-of-clueless-19-years-later/ Clueless was director Amy Heckerling’s second and more satirical spotlight on the social life of southern California high schoolers. Heckerling had her first teen comedy hit with the 1983 Cameron Crowe-penned Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which was a moderate success, but Clueless far eclipsed it both at the box office and with its cultural impact. The movie spawned a spin-off TV show, made an instant celebrity out of its Alicia Silverstone, and had teenage girls quickly adopting “as if” into their vocabulary. Initially, Alicia Silverstone didn’t even want… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
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17 one-hit wonders in music, movies and TV who deserve our appreciation: By Louis Virtel, Drew McWeeny, Alan Sepinwall, Daniel Fienberg, Chris Eggertsen, Dave Lewis | Wednesday, Sep 17, 2014 11:00 PM One-hit wonders are often the subject of scorn in the media, which feels a little unfair – particularly when the one-hit wonder in question actually put out something good. Whether it be a blockbuster song or an award-winning performance or a charming turn on the small screen, their contributions to the popular culture remain timeless and endlessly relistenable/watchable long after the careers themselves have faded. To celebrate these… Read more »

V.
V.
11 years ago

From what I remember from my adolescence, when The Crush came out in 1993, hardly anybody noticed the movie or Miss Silverstone. The film was out of theaters in a couple of weeks. It wasn’t until when the Cryin’ video premiered shortly afterwards did people start to learn her name. The next 2 Aerosmith videos further propelled her buzz. The only reason she got nominated and won at the MTV awards for The Crush (more than a year after the movie was released!) was because of her super-popularity as the hot Aerosmith girl. I doubt all the fans that voted… Read more »

malboroman
malboroman
11 years ago

I think V is right,I remember wathcing the aerosmith vids with the sound of just to look at the hit girls.As far as crush go hardly remember it. But I think one thing that also killed her rise to stardom,was she refused to do nudety.I mean look at it from the studio point of view,you got this super hot lolita looking girl,everyone wanna se nekkid,which she refuses,and which can’t act.Well if you look away from roles that require ditsy blonds.She did fairly good in cluless, but most girls can play airheads.(Excapt for michelle rodriguez) Its not that hard. she even… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  malboroman

Alicia Silverstone when she was coming up, actually did have that “it-factor”. She was the type of actress who had charisma to ooze. Plus, she could be seen as sexy in a manner that appealed to all men while still being tolerable and unthreatening to other women. In a way, she fit the Drew Barrymore archetype. Alicia also cute, quirky, coquettish, and down-to-earth, but without the familial Hollywood dynasty connections like Drew.

Reggie
Reggie
11 years ago

I’m more interested in what happened to her “Clueless” co-star Brittany Murphy. Yeah, she’s dead, but her career was over before that.

Reggie
Reggie
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I never followed Murphy’s career that closely, but she was getting a lot of exposure and starring in high profile movies c. 2002-05 (8 Mile, Just Married, Uptown Girls, Little Black Book, Sin City) then starting in 2006 she was doing straight-to-DVD stuff and at the time of her death she was starring in a Syfy original movie with Dean Cain

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Here’s some insight (and I previously posted this on LeBeau’s Facebook page) about Brittany Murphy:
http://www.eonline.com/news/158951/brittany-murphy-her-rare-erratic-career

bygeorge (@bygeorgecs)
Reply to  lebeau

I wished you would. I liked her movies, especially the ones she did with Ed Burns. And I will admit I like her Rom-Com movies Black Book and the British one (I can’t remember the name). Her death was just so shocking, and weird. How does an otherwise healthy person die like she did? Not suggesting anything untoward, just difficult to understand. She had a quirky charm that I found fun to watch. Plus she was young enough to easily make a comeback.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Future of Movie Stars: Who Will Shine? Who Will Fade Away? http://forums.previously.tv/topic/7750-future-of-movie-stars-who-will-shine-who-will-fade-away/page-5#entry355096 All this Brittany Murphy stuff makes me think again about how much I really, really wish Brittany Murphy hadn’t tried to go for the American Sweetheart label. It just wasn’t right for her, and her transformation into a bleach blonde twig in an attempt to get there makes it all the more sad. If Brittany was still around, and had pulled herself together, I could have easily seen her reviving her career with edgy/quirky Netflix comedy/dramas like Orange is The New Black. (Who would have thought Laura Prepon… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Reggie

In Lifetime’s “The Brittany Murphy Story,” the only redeeming character is Ashton Kutcher:
http://flavorwire.com/475741/the-brittany-murphy-story-is-the-shameless-lifetime-cash-grab-we-all-knew-it-would-be
“The casting is horrendous,” Pilot Viruet says of the film that airs on Saturday, “and the entire movie was shot in 16 days — which definitely shows. I wouldn’t be surprised if the script was also written during that same period. ‘The Brittany Murphy Story’ does not fall into the so-bad-it’s-good camp, because it is not even remotely entertaining. It’s not ironically good, and it’s not worth the energy to hate-watch.”

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

As I alluded to earlier, this is whom they got to portray Alicia Silverstone in that Brittany Murphy biopic on Lifetime:
http://forum.earwolf.com/topic/17809-the-unauthorized-saved-by-the-bell-story/page__view__findpost__p__108944

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Why is Lifetime portraying Alicia Silverstone as not liking Brittany? This is what she said soon after Brittany’s death. “! always felt connected to her as we shared a very special experience in our lives together,” another “Clueless” co-star, Alicia Silverstone, told People magazine. “I feel love in my heart for her — and hope she is at peace. This is truly sad … I loved working with Brittany. She was so talented, so warm and so sweet.” ***Makes me wonder if it is true or not.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152345406019087&comment_id=10152352229464087&offset=200&total_comments=420

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Reggie

Stars that bucked your expectations:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17858336&postcount=11
After I saw Clueless, I thought Alicia Silverstone would go on to big things. (Plus she was in an Aerosmith video and did Blast from the Past.) But she never really hit it big. Meanwhile, Brittany Murphy, who was in a smaller role in Clueless, had a much bigger career. (Edited to add, before she died, of course.)

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  Reggie
Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

Reading the comments about the the downturn of Alicia Silverstone’s once promising career on IMDb’s message boards, I’ve gathered that after the failure of “Batman & Robin”, maybe the only real way that Alicia could’ve salvaged her career as a prominent actress so to speak was to try to impress critics and gain their favor once more. Ergo she should have switched to dramatic roles. Once analogy that I was given was with Katherine Hepburn after was characterized as box office poison, she simply impressed the critics. Perhaps Alicia’s biggest problem was that she in a sense became typecast. For… Read more »

asiandude
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Drew, Kate & Reese all have good talents. U should go see Grey Garden (for Drew) – the other two I suppose u know which good films they were in.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

Alicia Silverstone also kind of reminds me of Maggie Lawson, who was on “Psych”.

https://people.com/archive/on-the-case-vol-58-no-25/

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Speaking of “Excess Baggage”, Alicia Silverstone wound up being nominated for a Razzie for Worst Actress (I wouldn’t be surprised if the continued backlash from “Batman & Robin” influenced this at least partially) only to lose to fellow WTHHT subject, Demi Moore for “G.I. Jane”. Alicia that same year, of course, won the Worst Supporting Actress Razzie for “Batman & Robin”. I know that regardless of LeBeau’s opinion, “Excess Baggage” mostly got negative reviews (it as of right now, holds a 33% “Rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes). Leonard Maltin in particular didn’t like it as noted in his annual movie… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

You can also make the serious argument that Alicia’s steadfast refusing to do nudity (which is kind of ironic considering that she would later pose nude for a PETA ad) for film roles kind of possibly limited what she could do or where she go as an actress.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I wonder if “Excess Baggage” also failed because at the time (being Alicia’s first big starring vehicle since “Clueless”) people wanted to see her in another cutesy, light-hearted, teenybopper-oriented/geared in the “Clueless” mode. Instead, we got a would be “edgy” (w/ Alicia trying to be a rebel by drinking and smoking and wearing heavy eye make-up) crime caper/romantic comedy that would up perhaps alienating Alicia’s young fan-base even further.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

I meant to say more of a “dark comedy” instead of a romantic comedy when trying to describe “Excess Baggage” when compared to “Clueless” but you still pretty much, get the gist of what I’m trying to say.
Maybe Alicia’s people persuaded her to not take on further youth/teen oriented roles out of feel that it would be a “step backwards” (kind of a case of “been there, done that”) in her career. Hence, w/ “Excess Baggage”, she went pretty much, the other supposed extreme.

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Pardon me if I’m repeating myself, but to sum things up towards why Alicia Silverstone didn’t have a much better career post-“Clueless”, I think it was a combination of: *The the massive backlash of “Batman & Robin” combined w/ the lukewarm response of “Excess Baggage” in that same summer (which helped give people the idea that Alicia couldn’t really draw people to watch her in a movie). *”Competition” so to speak from other actresses of her generation like Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, and Kate Hudson. *Alicia not being able or willing to reinvent herself as a more serious actress (and… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

I don’t think that Alicia was necessarily a great business woman (I already posted about how Alicia may have “reaped what she sowed” in regards to her $10 million deal w/ Columbia) from a filmmaking perspective at least (since her “vegan lifestyle” stuff is inevitably going to be brought up in about the breath). While it’s debatable whether or not Alicia accepting a role in “Scream 3” would’ve served as a significant career bump (at least temporarily), there’s something that Alicia also several years back, backed out of a role as Ted’s love interest Stella in an arc on the… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone Isn’t A Sharer: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2008/03/alicia-silverstone-isnt-sharer.html Back in the day when fading stars needed a place to go, they went en masse to Love Boat and Fantasy Island to regain some of their popularity and to earn a few quick bucks. If you wanted to be on the show you knew that you were going to have share screen time with other fading stars and if you didn’t want to, then you would not be asked back. Apparently Alicia Silverstone thinks she is some kind of megastar. She was due to make a guest appearance on How I Met Your… Read more »

Shemp
10 years ago

I say, BRING BACK the “Love Boat” with Mister T as the Captain, Andy Dick as the guy nobody else wants to play, and Alicia Silverstone as Lauren “Tootsky”/”Cokey Flo” Tewes. It’ll give Tom Sizemore and Ally Sheedy a chance to work again, not to mention the cast of “Matlock.”

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

“HIMYM” was once a struggling sitcom, saved by Britney Spears:
http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/himym-finale-how-i-met-your-mother-series-run/
At first, “How I Met Your Mother’s” innovative sitcom format didn’t appeal to viewer, so much so that the show was on the bubble when it filmed its series finale scene during Season 2. It took a Season 3 appearance by Britney — accompanied by gobs of media attention and paparazzi — to make “HIMYM” a certified hit.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

play to win the game | Why Batman and Robin is the greatest movie …: http://hefferbrew.tumblr.com/post/23332640030/why-batman-and-robin-is-the-greatest-movie-of-all-time George Clooney mails this one in from whatever model he just so happened to be inside at the time. Chris O’ Donnell is, well he’s just always terrible at acting and here is proof of that. Alicia Silverstone, plays her part with the same half-wit charm that she’s had in such classics as Clueless (another clue that she was a terrible actress, pun intended.) and Blast From the Past (a total load of crap that I still have no idea why Christopher Walken was… Read more »

Shemp
10 years ago

re: a total load of crap that I still have no idea why Christopher Walken was in that film
Because the check cleared. I like Walken much but I think he was quoted as saying he’s never turned down a role…I can believe it, as he’s been in LOTS of crapola.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

What’s kind of funny about Drew Barrymore and Reese Witherspoon (while we’re on the subject), you can make the argument that “Never Been Kissed” and “Legally Blonde” respectively, were in a way, Drew and Reese’s “answer” to or interpretation of “Clueless”.

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

I kind of hate to say this, but I think at the end of the day, Alicia Silverstone really isn’t/wasn’t that great of an actress to begin with (she was arguably pretty one-note). As I said before, she got as far as she did by acting cute (which worked well in something like “Clueless”, which was perfectly tailored to her personality or acting abilities), but that sort of thing only has a certain self-life. It’s just like (since his WTHHT entry has recently been added) how Chevy Chase’s “I’m too cool for school/I don’t give a crap” approach to comedy… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

In regards to “Batman & Robin”, Alicia Silverstone was kind of a “victim” (if you want to call her that) of stunt casting (albeit, not as obvious as Arnold Schwarzenegger being cast as Mr. Freeze or to a lesser extent, Jim Carrey as the Riddler) due to her then “It Girl” status thanks to “Clueless”. As a matter of fact, the Batman movies arguably suffered from an awful case of stunt casting as far back as the 1989 film and Jack Nicholson (who was top billed ahead of Michael Keaton and got a percentage of the movie’s gross) being cast… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Among the actors who’s career supposedly “suffered” from being in “Batman & Robin”, I think Alicia suffered the most because she wasn’t as established per se as the others. What I think benefited somebody like George Clooney is that #1, he was already the third actor in this particular series dating back to 1989 to play Bruce Wayne/Batman. So it really didn’t matter much who was going to play Batman anymore when compared to the villains. In contrast, his predecessor, Val Kilmer’s growing negative reputation (not just on the set of “Batman Forever” but on the set of the “Island… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Comic Book references in movies Part IV: ‘Batman & Robin’:
http://gothamalleys.blogspot.com/2011/08/comic-book-references-in-movies-part-iv.html
5. Both Barbara and Daphne, Alfred’s niece arrive abruptly without notice but are warmly greeted. (Panels from 1969’s Batman #216)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kg0VeUFii4Y/Tjj54-E4LvI/AAAAAAAABnw/R2CFRXKCwVE/s320/bararaappearance.jpg

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

The thing about Joel Schumacher as a filmmaker is that you can make the argument that he’s the type of director who often or always tries so desperately hard to prove that he’s hip and cool. And he’s usually off/out-of-sync somehow, one-step behind or too late in terms of things like fashion trends (it’s really all window dressing). Here’s a review of “The Lost Boys” to get a better idea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fqq8pyTNAc

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/11/batman-robin-movie-review/ David: Batgirl was just one element too many, honestly. She barely did anything, and she’s super-annoying at the end when she starts going “ALL ME!” about beating up Poison Ivy. Congratulations, you beat up a hippie. Now you can join the Toronto police. Chris: Silverstone’s the worst actor in the entire movie, her relationship with the other characters is tenuous, her costume is awful, and she creates bizarre plot holes just by existing. Why doesn’t she have an accent? How was she supposed to get to Wilfred in India when Alfred couldn’t do it and he had Bruce Wayne’s… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

http://www.oocities.org/mattsingersite/batmanandrobin.html
I could go on and discuss everything else this movie gets wrong. Like how Freeze freezes everything and then Batman unfreezes it, but there never seems to be any water created. Or how Batman, Robin (whiny Chris O’Donnell), and Batgirl (a bland, charismaless Alicia Silverstone) are in a rush to stop Freeze’s evil scheme, but have time to change into specially-designed costumes that have been sitting around for just such an occasion. Or the wire-work stunts that looked bad back in 1997 and looks even worse now. This movie is a cornucopia of comic crap.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

This is none the least, a fascinating behind the scenes look into what would become one of the worst big budgeted films ever made (let alone the movie that would destroy the Batman film franchise for almost a decade). http://www.filmscouts.com/scripts/matinee.cfm?Film=bat-rob&File=productn Enter the Scribe For Batman & Robin, Schumacher and Goldsman have also resurrected for a new generation the dazzling addition to the crime- fighting team known as Batgirl. Changing her identity once again is nothing new to Batman fans, for Batgirl has already morphed more than once since making her first appearance in Batman comics #139 in April, 1961. The… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

Batman and Robin Review (BMB):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0zq4Xmjiu8
At the 14:09 mark, the hosts start their “verbal takedown” of Alicia’s portrayal of “Batgirl in Name Only”.

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

The Worst of Comic Book Movie Casting: http://www.comicbooktherapy.com/the-worst-of-comic-book-movie-casting-78076 12- Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl: Number two from Batman & Robin is this sad choice. Silverstone had just come off her now iconic role of Cher in Clueless, so why not place her among 4 other terribly cast characters in a comic book movie? Makes sense! Not only was the character completely useless in the film, Silverstone was just an overall bad choice for the role. Silverstone has had a tough time shrugging off the Clueless role that made her famous and this was her attempt to get rid of that perception,… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

http://www.deep-focus.com/flicker/batmanan.html
Alicia Silverstone is simply miscast. When she arrives at the doorstep of the Wayne Manor and announces herself as Alfred’s niece, she’s merely adequate. When we find out that she sneaks away in the middle of the night to race motorcycles with a bunch of punks who look like those quaint “New York street thugs” from Rumble in the Bronx, she’s even less convincing. That thing she does with her lips that was so adorable in Clueless? Apparently she just can’t stop it — she’s in the same mode for the duration of this one, and it gets old.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Batman & Robin (1997): Why George Clooney is the Worst Batman: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-lundegaard/ibatman-robini-1997-why-g_b_114249.html As in Batman Forever, the casting works in theory but not in practice. When I heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger would play Mr. Freeze, all I could think of was McBane, the parody of Schwarzenegger on The Simpsons, who, in one McBane film, emerges from an ice sculpture around a table of villains, says, “Ice to see you,” then blows everybody away. Schwarzenegger has always been a fairly clumsy actor whose taciturn characters were more often the result of his inability to get his mouth around the English language,… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

Batman: 10 Worst Casting Decisions: http://whatculture.com/film/batman-10-worst-casting-decisions.php/2 9. Alicia Silverstone as Barbara Wilson/Batgirl in Batman & Robin Never mind the alteration to the character, Batgirl is Barbara Gordon in the comics, the daughter of Commissioner Jim Gordon and not Alfred Pennyworth’s niece, Barbara Wilson, as she is in a film that’s only benefit was being so bad that it eventually paved the way for Christopher Nolan’s historic Dark Knight trilogy. The writing of the character is not very good as it comes across as someone who is added just for the sake of it and that is what happens when Barbara… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

Entertainingly Bad: Batman and Robin: http://lights-camera-critic.blogspot.com/2011/03/entertainingly-bad-batman-and-robin.html Worst Actress: Alicia Silverstone: Not only is she playing Batgirl , who I always thought was a useless character. Batgirl just seemed like a character that was implemented only to connect with the female demographic (if there was one). But was also there to bring another female character into the comics for geeks to drool over, along side Catwomen (ehhhh…right). She just seemed like a joke, and consequently took away the serious tragedy and pain that we felt for Bruce Wayne and Batman, in the comics. Now, in Batman and Robin, she really doesn’t… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/b/batman-and-robin/ Theatrical report Batman & Robin is a trashy film, believe it or not; either that or they just lost the plot. Well, they certainly did lose the plot, because there isn’t one. World championship wrestling has more coherence than this. George is completely miscast as Batman: he gives exactly the same performance as he does on that TV doctors and nurses show (which is to say he mumbles his lines and bats his lashes at the camera). The dark, brooding quality of the bat-dude’s previous incarnations has completely disappeared, replaced by a sensitive new age guy. Alicia is equally… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

WHY BATMAN AND ROBIN SUCKED: http://www.flicks.co.nz/blog/stuff-and-nonsense/why-batman-and-robin-sucked/ 4. THE ACTING It’s actually quite a rare thing to have an ensemble cast that both overact and underwhelm in their performances. But it’s not the ones that ham it up that are the problem (they were just going with Schumacher’s direction). It’s the lazy, tired performances that drag out the film. The most obvious actor in this regard was Clooney, who looked like he did not want to be there at all (and he probably didn’t). The movie could also be blamed for a number of career comas. It took Thurman six years… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

10 Excruciating Films That Ruined Your Image Of Batman Actors: http://whatculture.com/film/10-excruciating-films-ruined-image-batman-actors.php/11 1. Batman Gets Something Far More Fatal – Batman & Robin George Clooney must be haunted by the recurring image of Bat-nipples, because they, along with almost every other creative decision that Joel Schumacher made for his ill-fated and duly slated final Batman film all lead to Clooney’s career taking a sharp (but thankfully short-lived nose dive off a cliff.) The script was woefully underdone, and the direction for Clooney appears to have been something along the lines of “take all of the charisma you’ve built in roles to… Read more »

Shemp
10 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Not to beat a dead Al…err, horse, but the stinkin’ TV networks simply do not give shows a real chance anymore! MASH and All in the Family WERE NOT HITS in their first seasons but went on to be virtual modern TV icons. And like another poster here (below) said, some shows are “placed” on Friday or Saturday night slots, which are usually the KISS OF DEATH. I wish they’d bring back primetime broadcasts of MOVIES on Fri & Sat to “spare” TV shows this ignoble fate.

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

20 Actors Who Need To Make A Comeback: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/20-actors-who-need-to-make-a-comeback/ 18. Alicia Silverstone Seeing Silverstone play suck and blow again with Jeremy Sisto on Suburgatory made me nostalgic for Silverstone’s brief moment in the sun, before Batman and Robin happened and ruined a lot of lives. Alicia was also great in Miss Match, the 2003 NBC show that had everything: a great cast (Nathan Fillion and Charisma Carpenter), choice producers (SATC guru Darren Star) and solid reviews (TV Guide was a champion). Except for viewers. The show suffered in the Friday Night Death Slot, when its core audience was at the… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

Here’s an interview w/ Alicia Silverstone in which she pretty much admits to making some post-“Clueless” career mistakes (oddly, nothing is said about “Batman & Robin”):
http://theinsider.etonline.com/gossip/55628_Alicia_Silverstone_on_Her_Clueless_Mistakes/index.html
Here’s another article from several years back concerning the arc of Alicia’s career:
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/S/Silverstone_Alicia/2006/10/01/1930120.html

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

Alicia Silverstone struggled with fame: http://www.contactmusic.com/news/alicia-silverstone-struggled-with-fame_3368454 Alicia Silverstone wanted to become ”unfamous” as soon as she hit the big time. The 36-year-old actress rose to fame after appearing in blockbuster movies including ‘Clueless’ and ‘Batman and Robin’ in the mid 90s, and found that she was unable to deal with being recognised and wanted to go back to the way she was before. She said: ”It is hard to be famous when you are young, particularly if you did not have any plans. I wanted to become unfamous as fast as possible.” However, Alicia admits her fame had benefits, though… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

I don’t entirely buy the notion that Alicia had so much trouble with the concept of being famous! I mean, if that was the case, then why did Alicia decided to become an actress in the very first place!? If you’re going to become an actress, then it’s pretty inevitable that people are going to recognize you. Also, if she was so worried about her fame, then why exactly did she sign up to do “Batman & Robin” or start her own production company (presumably, where she would be front and center in said movies)?

Shemp
9 years ago

This is in response to the “Alicia didn’t/doesn’t want fame” post: Heck, almost EVERYbody says stuff like this from time to time…hey, I sometimes “don’t like to work,” but golly, the money is not only nice but necessary.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

SILVERSTONE, ALICIA: BLAST FROM THE PAST: http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=2526&s=interviews As passionate as she is, Silverstone’s career hasn’t always gone the way she’d planned. Take Batman and Robin, in which she played Batgirl. For the first time, she admits that it wasn’t the experience she’d hoped for. “I thought that film would be creative, and I thought I’d end up being able to do some crazy stuff, but that director (Joel Schumacher) did not want anything intelligent involved in that project – in other words, we’re not allowed to think, or come up with any ideas of our own.” Suffice it to say… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

I was reading on this particular message board regarding movies that haven’t aged particularly well and “Clueless” was among those mentioned. Much of the problem w/ “Clueless” is that it’s now pretty much an unintentional period piece that screams “this is the ’90s”. Alicia Silverstone “no longer being popular” apparently makes things worse:
http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ot2011&action=display&thread=410817&page=1
I think when the initial impact of a movie like “Clueless” mainly had to do w/ it helping reconstruct (and help make things “optimistic” again) the high school/teen comedy movie genre after the bitter deconstruction from “Heathers” several years prior.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

“Mean Girls” (which was arguably “Clueless” meets “Heathers”) on its own is a bit awkward to watch now (just like watching “Clueless” now is a weird experience not just because of how ridiculously dated it comes off now but seeing a young, “healthy” Brittany Murphy) in light of Lindsay Lohan’s (who if anybody is “deserving” of a “What the Hell Happened to…” retrospective at this rate it’s her) personal problems in the years immediately after.

Mastro
Mastro
9 years ago

Brittany Murphy actually had a boatload of charisma in that movie. Maybe she should have stayed as an Alyson Hannigan type instead of trying to be a blonde bombshell.

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

‘Mean Girls’ Takes a Smarter, Funnier Approach to Snooty High School Bitches Than ‘Heathers’:
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/heathers-mean-girls.php

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)
Reply to  lebeau

I do believe that “Clueless” paved the way towards other “lighter, softer”, cheerful, romantic (or whatever you want to call it) teen comedies for the next few years such as (in no particular order) “Can’t Hardly Wait”, “She’s All That”, “10 Things I Hate About You”, “Never Been Kissed”, “Bring It On”, “Get Over It”, “Whatever It Takes”, etc. Some of these films that I mentioned, were like “Clueless” part of the sub-genre of adapting classic stories and modernizing them for a teen audience. If anything killed the “lighter” teen film trend of the ’90s and early 2000s, it was… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

17 Ways “Clueless” Would Be Different If It Came Out Now (circa 2012):
http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedshift/17-ways-clueless-would-be-different-if-it-came-o

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

What Ever Happened to .. the cast of Clueless? http://showbizgeek.com/what-ever-happened-to-the-cast-of-clueless/ Alicia Silverstone – Cher Horowitz Before Clueless Alicia was already a teenange star. At 16 she was seriously creepy in The Crush – a film that crossed Fatal Attraction with Lolita. For that film Alicia won MTV awards for best breakthrough performance and best villain. She became a verified 90′s icon in three Aerosmith videos. ‘Crazy’ co-starred Steve Tyler’s daughter and future Lord of the Rings star Liv Tyler. It’s said Alicia inspired a generation of girls to get belly rings after getting hers pierced in the Aerosmith video for… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Alicia Silverstone In The ’90s Pretty Much Owned Our Wardrobes: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/04/alicia-silverstone-90s_n_4044944.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 Admit it: You spent the ’90s lacing up your Dr. Martens and expertly inserting butterfly clips into your hair. But it’s OK — Alicia Silverstone was the coolest person on the planet and she did, too. Whether you hopped on the Silverstone train circa her appearance in Aerosmith’s music video for “Crazy” in 1994 or after her turn as Cher in 1995’s “Clueless,” the actress’ style was pretty emblematic of what was going on across the country. Or, at the very least, in our own wardrobes. In honor of… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

The Art of the Double Feature: Clueless And Frances Ha: http://netflix.kinja.com/double-feature-clueless-and-frances-ha-1479774840/all Double features should be like pairing a wine with dinner: executed thoughtfully. If treated as a free-for-all — where everyone blindly contributes — you run the risk of coupling a seafood platter with a box of merlot (ugh), or in the case of movies, Schindler’s List with The Hangover. (And not even the original Hangover. I’m talking Part III.) In the interest of double features everywhere, today I’m serving up a hearty but decadent duo – the newly released (for streaming) Noah Baumbach dramedy Frances Ha, alongside the iconic… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

In Which We Haven’t Got A Clue » http://thisrecording.com/today/2012/11/21/in-which-we-havent-got-a-clue.html With a Bow by MAGGIE LANGE I have to give her snaps for her courageous fashion efforts. In 1995, an indignant sophomore struts down a hallway clutching a Clinton era-sized cell phone to her ear. Her best friend also storms past lockers, mewling equally distraught complaints in her phone. Then suddenly, like paired butterfly wings coming together in flight, the two girls meet, snap shut their cell phones and resume their conversational swagger. Each half of the pair is festooned in plaid mini-skirts, coordinated jackets, and jaunty woolen sweater vests. They… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

25 A-List Hollywood Actors Who Fell the F Off:
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/02/25-a-list-hollywood-actors-who-fell-the-f-off/alicia-silverstone
Alicia Silverstone
Best Known For: Clueless (1995)
Most Recent Project: Ass Backwards (2013)
Clueless launched Alicia Silverstone’s career into the stratosphere, resulting in a first-look deal for her production company and firmly cementing her A-list status. The level of critical and commercial success she found with Clueless never returned, however, as her subsequent ’90s films were either poorly reviewed or made no money. Doesn’t seem to have bothered SIlverstone; recent years have found her working on TV and in the theater.

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

How Batman & Robin became the worst blockbuster of all time: http://nathanditum.com/archive-of-work/how-batman-robin-became-the-worst-blockbuster-of-all-time/ The effect on the actors was even more severe. O’Donnell and Silverstone went from rising stars to has-beens, practically overnight. Silverstone in particular was treated abysmally by the press; long-running jibes about her weight culminated in the beleaguered star being chased through an airport by leering paparazzi calling her ‘Fatgirl.’ Neither has had a hit since. Even the indomitable Arnie suffered. After Last Action Hero, Batman & Robin was the final proof needed that the action star’s invincible ‘80s heyday was gone for good. A medical hiatus for… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Actors who should have been huge?
http://www.therealtsm.com/index.php?topic=3397.50
« Reply #67 on: July 15, 2010, 08:28:29 AM »
Alicia Silverstone just makes really bad choices: Excess Baggage, that film with Brendan Fraser, Batman and Robin…etc. She also turned down Romeo and Juliet because she didn’t like the modern setting.
She’s almost as bad at picking movies as Uma Thurman is.

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

The CineFiles – BATMAN PART 1: THE BURTON/SCHUMACHER YEARS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_biPIqFXL0
When the hosts get to “Batman & Robin” they mock the way that Alicia Silverstone spoke in the movie as well as a crack about her weight at the time.
In this “Now Playing” podcast about the Batman films (more specifically, “Batman & Robin” at around the 00:57:00 mark), goes into how decidedly awkward Alicia’s role/performance in the movie came across:
http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/archives/nppbat06.php
http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/Podcasts/NPPBAT06.MP3

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

The Dark Knight Retrospective: Re-Watching Batman & Robin (1997): http://www.chicagonow.com/hammervision/2012/07/the-dark-knight-retrospective-re-watching-batman-robin-1997/ Oh, how the mighty have fallen. What started as a runaway pop cultural juggernaut under Burton had, by 1997, devolved into a joke. And not even a funny joke – a pathetic one. I’m sure there are worse superhero films that have been made, I just can’t think of any. Batman & Robin is pure camp, eschewing any semblance of realism or gravitas for more of the Bam! Pow! flavor of Batman ’66. Is it intentional? It has to be. Is it successful? Not by a long shot. Perhaps emboldened… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

Best & Worst Female Portrayals in a Batman Film: http://www.awardscircuit.com/2012/07/04/best-worst-female-portrayals-in-a-batman-film/ 7. Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl/Barbara Wilson (Batman & Robin, 1997) I’ve never thought much of Alicia Silverstone as an actress and after seeing her in Batman & Robin I didn’t think much of her at all ever again, until now. Silverstone was perfect casting for Barbara Wilson, but terrible casting as Batgirl. The story of Batgirl was so underdeveloped in Batman & Robin and while that wasn’t Silverstone’s fault, I felt she could have been less annoying in the role. Batgirl is a hero that we’re supposed to root for… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

11 Cringe-Worthy Batman Moments That Suck Way More Than Affleck Ever Could: http://whatculture.com/film/11-cringe-worthy-batman-moments-that-suck-way-more-than-affleck-ever-could.php/10 3. Alicia Silverstone Can’t Talk Batman & Robin is rightly confirmed as the worst modern Batman movie – it is still a world ahead of the 1966 Batman movie starring Adam West – and by some distance. The direction was undisciplined and ill-conceived, the art direction was poor, and the whole tone was a million miles away from that which had made Tim Burton’s Batman movies so enduringly popular. There’s clearly no debate that the worst things about the film were the villains, with a sex-pot Poison… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Batman on Film Part 6: Batman & Robin (1997): http://www.superfriendsuniverse.com/batman-on-film-part-6-batman-robin-1997/ Alicia Silverstone. Talk about stunt casting. After Clueless was such a huge box office and cultural success, Silverstone went on to skyrocket to stardom and was cast in a wide array of box office… failures. While she was great as a ditzy blonde in a high school movie, she came up short playing anything else. Including Batgirl. And why wasn’t she Commissioner Gordon’s daughter? Well that probably had a lot to do with the fact that Gordon was really downplayed in this series of movies, and when he did show… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

Bad Sequels: Batman & Robin (1997): http://bmoviedectective.wix.com/b-movie-detective/apps/blog/bad-sequels-batman-robin-1997 The cast is unanimously struck down by the material, with Schwarzenegger (looking like he just stepped out of 1982’s Tron) and Thurman being hit especially hard by receiving an overabundance of the film’s most terrible dialogue. A miscast Clooney (the series’ third actor in the role) and fresh-faced O’Donnell are complete non-entities and their out-of-place brotherly spats seem inspired by Disney Channel fare, while supermodel Elle Macpherson chose this turkey to follow up her well-received performance in Sirens and is given virtually nothing to do as consolation. Worst of all is Alicia Silverstone’s… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Ten Worst One-Liners From Batman and Robin: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/10/04/ten-worst-one-liners-from-batman-and-robin/ October 4, 2012 at 8:15 am BATMAN & ROBIN is, dollar-for-dollar, the worst movie ever made. There have worse movies, but never a movie that was that bad and that expensive. A lot of the blame is in the script. It was like an episode of the old Adam West/Burt Ward TV show as written by someone who didn’t get the jokes. As bad as those ten lines are, you could probably find ten others almost as bad. A lot of folks knock the film-makers for adding homoeroticism to the mix. To… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

I think another thing that hurt Alicia’s career was her spending the early part of the 2000s doing a string of as LeBeau said, offbeat and smaller films. I mean even after the failures of “Batman & Robin” and “Excess Baggage”, she could still be considered a serious box office star when she made “Blast from the Past”. Just like Demi Moore did w/ “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle”, Alicia after several years away from the spotlight, reemerged in a sequel to a TV show based movie (for Alicia, “Scooby Doo 2”) that wasn’t really that well received or regarded to… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

You know how bad Alicia’s film career looked by 1999 (let alone today), there was a short-lived sitcom on the Fox network called “Get Real”. In the pilot, the character Kenny played by Jesse Eisenberg at one point says “Why can’t I just disappear off the face of the earth like Alicia Silverstone?”
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/get-real/pilot-26.php?page=8

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

Alicia Silverstone heads to Lifetime:
http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/alicia-silverstone-to-topline-lifetime-pilot-hr/
She’ll star in human resources drama “HR.”

Terrence Michael Clay
10 years ago

Lifetime teams Alicia Silverstone with “Sex and the City” creator:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/07/alicia-silverstone-pilot-to-be-directed-by-darren-star.html
She’ll play a former human resources director in the Darren Star-directed “HR.”

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Peter Fonda headed to Lifetime:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lifetimes-alicia-silverstone-pilot-hr-643516
He’s joining Alicia Silverstone’s drama pilot “HR.”

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

And again, speaking of Lifetime: http://dlisted.com/2014/08/29/that-wig-on-alicia-silverstone-though/ Do yourself a favor and get into these clips from Lifetime’s Brittany Murphy biopic. This s*** is so low-budget that I think it might be a prank. I was waiting for Jimmy Kimmel, no scratch that – Seth Meyers to walk out. This is Lifetime’s attempt to grab ahold of that Sharknado-type viral success, right? No one can act, that girl looks not a thing like the much-missed Murphy, and holy s***, THAT WIG ON “ALICIA SILVERSTONE.” Did someone from The Craft cast a curse on that girl? What in hell does she have… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

What the hell happened to Alicia’s “Clueless” director, Amy Heckerling: http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/srl-the-case-of-the-disappearing-director.php 9. Amy Heckerling Signature Movies: Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Look Who’s Talking, Look Who’s Talking 2, European Vacation Last Significant Work: Loser (2000) What’s She Doing Now?: She made a movie a couple of years ago called I Could Never Be Your Woman with Paul Rudd and Michelle Pfeiffer that, ummm … it did well in Brazil. It went straight-to-DVD in America. No one saw it, and perhaps for the best, as it was awful. She is attempting another comeback with a female vampire romantic comedy, with… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

Ten Once Formidable $100 Million Directors Who Are Now Scraping the Bottom of the Has-Been Barrel: http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/ten-once-formidable-100-million-directors-who-are-now-scraping-the-bottom-of-the-hasbeen-barrel.php Amy Heckerling: Amy Heckerling directed the starting point for a generation of brilliant high-school films, Fast Times at Ridgemont High before moving on to the stellar European Vacation. In 1989 and 1990, she hit a creative stumbling block, directing the successful but excruciating Look Who’s Talking films before bouncing back in 1996 with Clueless. Unfortunately, it was soon after that success that she crapped out, directing Night at the Roxbury, Loser, and most recently, the straight-to-DVD clunker, I Could Never Be Your Woman,… Read more »

Terrence Michael Clay
11 years ago

Alicia Silverstone – Career Ditz: http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=74 When Alicia silverstone, one time IT girl, was asked to join in on the homoerotica of Batman And Robin, it seemed like a good idea at the time. “‘Sure’ was my answer. It was exciting. It was one of those things that there was no reason not do it.” Except maybe that the film was to become one of the most villified films of recent memory. “I used to watch the TV series. I liked the villains,” says Silverstone, only just now managing to put her career back in place. Monty Sudan takes a… Read more »

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