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Reasons Why Alicia Silverstone Is Anything but Clueless

Her Mom Had a Distaste for Materialism

Silverstone nailed the part of Cher to the point where you genuinely believed that that’s the kind of girl she was in real life. But that couldn’t be farther than the truth. She grew up with a mom who had a real distaste for superficiality, materialism, and vapid glamour.

Alicia Silverstone and her mother are posing for the press during 2nd Annual Humane from Hollywood Gala circa 1997.

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Silverstone’s mom preached simplicity, practicality, and humility. So, for her to play such an extravagant and flashy character like Cher was totally refreshing. To get into character, the starlet said she drew inspiration from a few girls who went to high school with her.