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Reasons Why Alicia Silverstone Is Anything but Clueless

How Amy Heckerling Found Her

Alicia charmed one Aerosmith fan in particular, director Amy Heckerling, who was cooking up the next big teen flick – Clueless. “I was minding my own business on my treadmill watching MTV when I saw ‘Cryin” and just went cuckoo bananas,” Amy told Rolling Stone back in 1995.

Alicia Silverstone classic portrait for Clueless promo.

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Silverstone graced the cover of Rolling Stone the same year Clueless hit the big screens and told the interviewer she was a bit ambivalent about people’s reactions to her. “I’m not a video star turned actress. I’m a serious actress who spent a few days making videos,” she insisted.