Totally buggin’! Believe it or not, the Clueless movie is more than 20 years old. While that may make someone like Amber say, “Whatever,” it’s giving fans a sense of nostalgia.
Dedicated fanatics were especially excited to learn that some of the cast members reunited in March 2019. Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Donald Faison and Breckin Meyer took the stage at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo for a panel dedicated to the 1995 film.
Silverstone posted pictures of her reunion with the trio at C2E2 on Instagram, captioning one snapshot of the foursome: “So much fun hanging out with these boys today #paulrudd @donald_aison and @breckinmeyer! They had me laughing so hard on our panel. Such a great day at #c2e2.”
“Rollin’ with the homies…” Faison, who played Murray Duvall, captioned a similar photo. (That phrase was coined by the “tragically unhip” Tai, originated by the late Brittany Murphy.)
During the panel, Silverstone, Rudd and Meyer reflected on working with Murphy, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 32. She died from a combination of pneumonia, anemia and multiple-drug intoxication.
“I love when she [as Tai] says, ‘You’re a virgin who can’t drive,” the Batman & Robin actress, who played leading lady Cher Horowitz, said. “It’s just one of my favorite moments of the whole movie. It’s just, her face scrunches up so good.”
The Ant-Man actor, who played Cher’s ex-stepbrother, Josh, chimed in: “She was a sweet person, too. She was … she was just always so smiley. And sweet.”
Meyer, who originated the role of Murphy’s onscreen love interest, Travis Birkenstock, also sang the actress’ praises, calling her, “Ridiculously talented.”
Fellow former costars Stacey Dash, Jeremy Sisto, Elisa Donovan and Justin Walker were noticeably absent from the event.
In June 2021, Donavan revealed where she thought her character, Amber, would be today.
“I always think that Amber would be married to someone extremely wealthy and driving him crazy. I’m sure he travels a lot just so that he doesn’t have to be around her,” she told Us Weekly exclusively at the time. “And she probably has some sort of a fashion line, but she definitely is a little bit like an Andy Warhol where she’s not really doing the art, but she’s getting a lot of the credit for it.”
Scroll down to see the cast, then and now!
Silverstone played Bronson Alcott High School queen bee Cher Horowitz. Post-Clueless, the actress played Batgirl in 1997's Batman & Robin and Eve in 1999's Blast From the Past.
She married S.T.U.N. rocker Christopher Jarecki in June 2005; they welcomed a son, Bear Blu, in May 2011.
Silverstone released a guide to vegan nutrition, The Kind Diet, in 2009. Her other TV and film credits include The Art of Getting By, Braceface, Suburgatory, Book Club and American Woman. In 2021, she voiced Queen Marlena in Masters of the Universe: Revelation. Silverstone plays Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer in Netflix’s The Baby-Sitters Club remake. Its second season is set to premiere in October 2021.
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Rudd played Josh Lucas, Cher Horowitz's ex-stepbrother and love interest. He soon landed roles in 1996's Romeo + Juliet, 1998's The Object of My Affection and 2001's Wet Hot American Summer.
Married to Julie Yaeger since 2003, Rudd has two children, Jack and Darby. Rudd flexed his comedic chops in 2004 when he was cast as Brian Fantana in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
Since then, he's appeared in laugh-out-loud hits, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, as well as the Avengers films (as Ant-Man).
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Murphy played transfer student Tai Fraiser. She later earned acclaim for roles in Girl, Interrupted and Riding in Cars With Boys.
Murphy briefly romanced her Just Married costar Ashton Kutcher from 2002 to 2003. She had fleeting engagements to manager Jeff Kwatinetz and production assistant Joe Macaluso, but married producer/writer Simon Monjack in 2007.
Murphy, whose other film credits included Uptown Girls, Little Black Book and 8 Mile, passed away in December 2009.
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Dash played Cher Horowitz's best friend and Murray Duvall's girlfriend, Dionne Davenport. The star reprised the role for three seasons on the TV version of Clueless before starring in The Strip, The Game and Single Ladies.
She has a son, Austin, with R&B singer ex Christopher Williams, and a daughter, Lola, with ex-husband Brian Lovell. Dash — who posed nude in Playboy's August 2006 issue — split with husband Emmanuel Xuereb in 2010 after two years of marriage.
She has since starred in multiple productions, including Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens, and married Jeffrey Marty in 2018. The two split in April 2020.
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Faison played Dionne Davenport's immature boyfriend. After reprising his role on the Clueless TV series, Faison starred on Felicity, Scrubs and Robot Chicken; his film credits include Can't Hardly Wait, Big Fat Liar and Uptown Girls (with Murphy).
Faison was married to Lisa Askey from 2001 to 2005; they are parents of son Kobe and twins Kaya and Dade. The actor also has a son, Sean, with ex Audrey Ince. Faison married Jessica Simpson's BFF Cacee Cobb in 2012. In 2018, he began his turn as Hype Fazon on the Star Wars Resistance TV series.
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, Faison and his Scrubs costar Zach Braff launched a podcast called "Fake Doctors, Real Friends" where the duo rewatched the series and discussed their experience on the show. In 2021, he was cast as Professor Drake Utonium in the CW’s live-action Powerpuff Girls pilot.
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Sisto played Elton, a wealthy, arrogant student at Bronson Alcott High School.
The actor married Marisa Ryan in the 1990s, but they split in 2002. He welcomed a daughter, Charlie Ballerina, with then-girlfriend Addie Lane in June 2009; four months later, Sisto and Lane exchanged vows. They welcomed a son, Bastian Kick, in March 2012.
Sisto's other film and TV credits include Six Feet Under, Law & Order, Thirteen, Suburgatory and, most recently, FBI.
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Donovan played spoiled high school student Amber Mariens. She reprised her role on the TV series of the same name before joining the cast of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Donovan later starred in a string of TV movies, including Framed for Murder and Shark Swarm.
The actress gave birth to a little girl, Scarlett Avery, in May 2012, and tied the knot with Charlie Bigelow later that year.
In April 2021, Donovan revealed that she was suffering from anorexia while filming Clueless and it was after she "almost had a heart attack" during three days off from shooting that she decided to get help.
"At that moment, I was so afraid I was going to lose my job,” she said during an appearance on the "Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did" podcast. "My life had started taking off in the way I wanted it to with my career and I was concerned that this was now suddenly going to prevent me from that."
The Sabrina, the Teenage Witch alum penned a Wake Me When You Leave: Love and Encouragement via Dreams from the Other Side memoir, which was released in June 2021.
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Meyer played burnout skater Travis Birkenstock and Tai Fraiser's love interest. Post-Clueless, the Minnesota native appeared in a string of box-office hits, including The Craft, Road Trip, Josie and the Pussycats, Kate & Leopold and Herbie: Fully Loaded. He also appeared on the small screen on the animated series King of the Hill and Robot Chicken, as well as Franklin & Bash.
Meyer married film director Deborah Kaplan on October 14, 2001; they have a daughter, Caitlin Willow. The couple split in 2012.
In 2018, he joined the cast of Kiefer Sutherland's Designated Survivor. He joined NBC’s Good Girls for its final season, which aired in 2021.
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Walker played Cher Horowitz's love interest Christian Stovitz, who is later pronounced gay. The actor later appeared in the TV movies Humanoids From the Deep and Last Resort, though his acting career fizzled out by the early 2000s.
Walker now owns Teddy Teadle's Grill in Rancho Mirage, California and is a partner and CMO of a fantasy sport wagering website.
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