Alicia Silverstone teases Clueless TV show will 'honour' original movie
Alicia Silverstone has vowed to "honour" the original Clueless in the upcoming follow-up TV show while also offering something "fresh and new".
Alicia Silverstone has vowed to "honour" the original Clueless in the upcoming follow-up TV show.
The 48-year-old actress shot to fame playing pampered teenager Cher Horowitz in the 1995 movie and she revealed in April she'd be reprising the role for Peacock's upcoming programme, and while she admitted there is "not much" she can discuss about it, she promised it will bring "something fresh and new" to the characters while staying true to the original premise.
Speaking on TODAY, she said: “I’m really excited about it. I think we’re going to try really hard. The goal is to make it honour what everyone loves about Clueless and Cher.
“So we want to honor that, but also bring something fresh and new to it. I’m confident that we’ll be able to do that, but we’re in baby stages right now.”
Alicia previously admitted it was playing Cher again in Rakuten's 2023 Super Bowl commercial that made her particularly keen to return to the role.
Asked if she thought she'd ever revisit her character, she told People magazine: "I didn't. And then I did it for the Super Bowl, yeah, and it was so much fun. We did it really at the Super Bowl."
The Baby-Sitters Club actress recalled her and ex-husband Christopher Jarecki's son Bear, now 14, first saw the movie when he was just five years old - and although the youngster "didn't know what was going on", the movie compelled him to kiss his mom more.
She recalled: "I remember when my son was five, when he first saw it.
"And the only reason I would allow that, because I don't think it's appropriate for five year olds, is because it was on that big screen that we saw it at the cemetery. He didn’t know what was going on.
“The only thing he took away was the kiss at the end. He started kissing me more. It was so sweet.
“And I think he liked it. And then he's liked it all along. I think he really likes this film.”
There was a previous attempt to bring Clueless back as a TV show for Peacock back in 2020, but that project never went forward.
A previous TV show version of the story launched back in the 1990s, with Rachel Blanchard playing Cher for three seasons between 1996 and 1999.
Alicia previously revived Cher back in 2021 when she recreated a scene from the film with her son Bear for a video posted on TikTok.
She later enlisted her former co-star Stacey Dash - who played Cher's best friend Dionne - to film another recreated scene for the social media site before sharing a Cher montage last year to mark 27 years since 'Clueless' hit cinemas.
Alicia captioned the clip: "27 years ago, a bad b**** was born ... Happy anniversary, Cher! #Clueless #AsIf #90s."
