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Is Alicia Silverstone truly a quintessential "one-hit wonder" actress?


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The only role Alicia Silverstone is remembered for today is Cher Horowitz from Clueless. Well, that and her Star-Derailing Role in Batman & Robin...

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Alicia Silverstone exploded into Hollywood in 1995 thanks to Clueless, gaining so much fame that she even had a 3-picture deal with Columbia that even gave her a production company, First Kiss Productions, to call her own. The summer of 1997 completely derailed her career before it could continue, thanks to the one-two-punch of serial career killer Batman & Robin and her company's first (and only) project, Excess Baggage, becoming a major flop. Silverstone nowadays is remembered as a quintessential One-Hit Wonder in the acting world, and is now more well-known for her political/social activism and promoting her vegan lifestyle.


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and is now more well-known for her political/social activism and promoting her vegan lifestyle.


Obscurity has never been more deserved. Is anyone even listening to what she has to say?

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Based on that recent Super Bowl ad, I wonder if Alicia has finally come to terms with the notion that playing Cher Horowitz is in all likelihood and for better or worse, going to be her biggest contribution to popular culture for the remainder of her days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_yGq_4xCKQ

She even dressed up like Cher (i.e. the yellow, plaid outfit) on Lip Sync Battle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2o0mkwjMB4

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I guess so, in terms of box office. I really liked "Excess Baggage" though.

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