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Reasons Why Alicia Silverstone Is Anything but Clueless

She Hated Being Called the Aerosmith Chick

At the young age of 17, Alicia Silverstone played the teen heroine in three of Aerosmith’s videos – “Cryin,” “Amazing” and “Crazy.”

The moment “Cryin” aired on MTV in the summer of ‘93, she became a rock & roll muse. A youthful darling that people grew more and more curious about. An angelic-looking teen who impulsively tattooed herself and bungee jumped from bridges.

Alicia Silverstone and Liv Taylor singing out loud while driving the car in a still from “Cryin”.

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“People would call me ‘The Aerosmith chick,’” she told Cinema Blend, “and I was like 17 and I was very offended! Because I was like, ‘I’m a very serious actress. How could you? The Aerosmith chick? That was really’… and now I think it’s hilarious! But at the time, I was like, ‘That’s so rude.’”