After a guest spot on "The Wonder Years" (1988) as a literal "dream
girl" she moved on to movies. She landed a role in The Crush (1993), a
sort of Fatal Attraction (1987) for teenagers in which she portrayed a
disturbed young girl obsessed with an older man. The nasty little role
didn't impress the critical establishment but it wowed its target
audience: teenagers. In fact, the role won her the 1994 MTV Movie Award
for "Best Villain" and "Breakthrough Performance". It is interesting to
note that during the filming of the movie, Alicia became an emancipated
minor in order to get around child labor laws which would have
interfered with her working hours.
She was a dedicated actress from
early on. The film also caught the attention of Aerosmith, who hired her
to appear in a string of their music videos. The first of them,
"Cryin'", was voted the #1 video of all time on MTV. Silverstone was
definitely a hit with the MTV crowd, but larger commercial success still
eluded her. That all changed when she landed the role of "Cher" in Amy
Heckerling's Clueless (1995). Cher was the antithesis of Alicia's role
in "The Crush; this time around she was a rich, naive yet endearing girl
from Beverly Hills in search of love in the 1990s. The film was a huge
box-office hit and wowed both audiences and critics alike and
demonstrated Alicia's strength and bankability. She was hailed as the
woman of the hour, and branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young
generation. She signed a deal with Columbia Tristar worth $10 million
and got the coveted role of Batgirl in the Batman franchise. Also, as
part of the package, she got a three-year first-look deal for her own
production company, First Kiss Productions. The first film released by
First Kiss was Excess Baggage (1997)
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