Alicia Silverstone: 20 Years Later, She Still Uses This ‘Clueless’ Line In Everyday Life

Alicia Silverstone was a big part of ’90s culture, in part because of the role she played in Amy Heckerling’s Clueless, and she says she still uses catchphrases from the film even now, 20 years later.

Silverstone, who is about to take the stage in the Manhattan Theater Company’s Of Good Stock, said she was a huge fan of Heckerling’s before she read the script for Clueless because she has such a deft touch when it comes to finding a voice for the times.

“Amy Heckerling is so brilliant. I loved Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which I think did the same sort of thing for that generation. She just touches on a time and a period,” Alicia said in an interview with the Today show.

As for Clueless, an instant hit that spawned a television series and a thousand quotes, Alicia says that even though it clearly exists in a certain time period, it lives on today as more and more people discover it.

“It’s just being passed on. It’s timeless, even though it captured that time so well. ‘Oops, my bad.’ I find myself saying that sometimes!” Silverstone said.

While Silverstone takes the stage at the end of June, Clueless will also make a stage debut. Amy Heckerling confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that she is bringing the story to Broadway soon, although details are scarce at this time. She noted that the difficult part will be finding a cast that has as much charisma as the original. The Broadway show will not feature original songs, but rather will include existing music.

“Casting — that’s like going to be like the main problem,” she said.

Alicia spoke recently about her latest stage role, which is a pretty far cry from Cher, her character in Clueless. As Amy Stockton, she plays a woman who deals with her loneliness by having a wedding for her cats, which makes her the butt of the joke by those around her.

“She’s kind of a hot mess, but I also find her so exciting and so electrifying. I think she’s probably slightly annoying. Well, she might be very annoying. But she’s also, I think, completely lovable. Amy’s particular story in the play is that she lost her mother and her dad never saw her. She’s the middle sister and there’s just a real lack of love in her life. She’s incredibly lonely. I feel like she’s in therapy, for sure. This wedding they’re all making fun of is so important to her, so serious to her, because she’s trying to create a real family,” Alicia Silverstone said.

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