Excess Baggage, the first film produced by Silverstone’s firm, was released in 1997. Silverstone starred as a young woman who staged her own kidnapping to garner her father’s attention but was actually abducted by a vehicle thief.
The movie barely made $14.5 million in North America, and critics gave it mixed reviews. In addition, Silverstone played the female lead opposite Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken, and Sissy Spacek in the 1999 romantic comedy Blast from the Past.
Despite receiving mixed reviews, the movie only grossed $40 million worldwide. The New York Post applauded Silverstone’s performance, noting that she was convincing as a tough girl who had given up on romance and that, following her performance in Batman & Robin, she had proven her detractors wrong.
Why didn’t Alicia Silverstone play in Clueless?
It is so unexpected to read that Alicia Silverstone turned down the role of Cher in Clueless, telling Vogue in 2020 that Cher was “everything I sort of loathed.” Sarah Michelle Gellar also declined the role.
Did Alicia Silverstone audition for Clueless?
According to Silverstone, “I always remember when she auditioned for the part.” It was the first time I had been in a casting room and wasn’t there to perform an audition. I was only there to assist with chemistry reads.