What hapnned to Alicia Silverstone?
She was hot! I wish she was still acting
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Batman & Robin happened
shareBatman and Robin happened, unfortunately...
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I don't entirely agree that it was purely Batman & Robin ruined her career. Did it hurt in some shape or way, of course it did. Just about everybody associated w/ that movie w/ the exception of George Clooney suffered serious career setbacks for many years.
Alicia just was never a very good actress to begin with. Clueless if anything, was arguably the extent of her acting range (but because it was a good script and overall well made movie, we were able to look past that). Also, Alicia just made way too many poor decisions post-Clueless that really caught up w/ her. I suppose that unless you're a white male in Hollywood, you won't get too many chances.
Like TMC-4 said, it came down to her being involved in too many box office bombs. For a good Alicia Silverstone career retrospective, check out Lebeau's Leblog under the "What The Hell Happened To..." section.
shareThe last time I saw her in anything like a lead role was Blast From the Past back in 1999 and she was good. Unfortunately like her director in Clueless, Amy Heckerling, her career just seems to have totally stalled.🐭
sharehttp://lebeauleblog.com/2015/07/20/what-the-hell-happened-to-alicia-silverstone-2/
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the teen comedy classic, Clueless. To celebrate, I have revamped the previous entry on Cluless star Alicia Silverstone. The new version of the article includes some priceless quotes from a young Silverstone in which she disses pretty much all of her contemporaries. It also delves into her transition to theater, her status as a vegan guru, her controversial parenting advice, and the time she wrote an open letter to Vladimir Putin.share
Everyone forgets she turned down Legally Blonde. I am not sure if that was a wise choice or if it would have type cast her as the dumb blonde.
shareI sometimes wonder if it bothers Alicia that Paul Rudd became the biggest star to come out of that movie (when everybody thought that back in '95, Alicia was going to be the big A-list star) while she's merely a working actress and a definitive example of a "one hit wonder"?
shareDead link. Try this one:
https://lebeauleblog.com/2011/06/23/what-the-hell-happened-to-alicia-silverstone/
So she was *hot* ... So what? What does that have to do with the Lions hopefully winning another game? Absolutely nothing.
The woman cannot act. The Crush, by far, was her best role; and she was a kid. Silverstone is simply not a great actress... precisely why she hasn't made or appeared in any other big films or roles since Clueless.
Being eye-candy is one thing (Models are eye-candy) So perhaps Alicia could have modeled instead (as movies didn't really pan out for her) In any event, she was a mediocre actress (if that) who didn't venture continued success in the Cinema.
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"So perhaps Alicia could have modeled"
She did model. That is how she got discovered.
Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation (Eat, Pray, Love)
Totally agree, re: The Crush being easily her best role. It's pretty much a b-movie but she saves it and turns it into something memorable. I think she was basically playing herself with the volume really turned up there, though, same as with Clueless.
shareHer star kind of faded after Batman & Robin. She still pops up in stuff occasionally but she never really recovered after that.
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does she still baby bird her kids?...
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