Silverstone back for Clueless 2?

Though Batgirl was planned to be her biggie, Alicia Silverstone’s biggest and most successful role to date remains that of Cher, the slightly-dimish Beverly Hills Teenager who captured her half-brother’s heart in Amy Heckerling’s phenomenally successful (Great movie too; must revisit it) “Clueless”.
Everything “Batman & Robin” lacked – a good script (heck, a script!), good performances, slick direction, good music, workable outfits, “Clueless” had. It was, quite frankly, a bloody good flick; it appealed to the virginal 15-year-old girl in all of us.

Star published a story this morning (which, funnily enough, has now been taken offline – is that because it was bogus; I mean is it Star we’re talking about?, or because the magazine actually stumbled upon something that nobody wanted out yet?) suggesting Silverstone and director Amy Heckerling could be doing a sequel. And I’d believe it – besides the fact both star and director haven’t really encountered the same size success since and are probably hungry for a hit, there seems to be wiggle room for a story; wouldn’t it’d be interesting to see where Cher is all these years later? (I’m guessing – since her other half was played by now-megastar Paul Rudd – she’ll be a divorcee?).

I remember hearing about a script that’d serve as a “Clueless 2” late last year. It was said to be titled “Clueless : High School Reunion” and would’ve seen the now-estranged buddies of Beverly Hills High- Cher (Silverstone), Murray (Donald Faison), Amber (Elisa Donovan) et al – all meeting up again in their thirties.

Silverstone had the chance to reprise Cher for the short-lived “Clueless” TV series but was intelligent enough to knock the opportunity back (a few faces from the film did reprise their roles for the sitcom though – Stacey Dash (Dionne), Donald Faison (Murray), Elisa Donovan (Amber), Wallace Shawn (Mr. Hall), and Twink Caplan (Ms. Geist); Rachel Blanchard (“Road Trip”) was hired to replace her.

I’d love to see a sequel to “Clueless” come to fruition – if only so it deters the inevitable remake.