Donald Faison Thought Clueless Would Be “the Worst Film Ever”

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The world is majorly, completely, butt loopy in love with Clueless, however that did not at all times appear attainable—simply ask one of many movie’s stars, Donald Faison. 

Because the actor behind Dionne’s boyfriend, Murray, Faison was unforgettably part of Amy Heckerling‘s now iconic 1995 coming-of-age rom-com. Nevertheless, as he recalled in a brand new episode of Justin Lengthy‘s Life is Quick podcast, there was a time when the movie appeared removed from the hit it turned. 

“I bear in mind considering, ‘That is gonna be the worst film ever,'” Faison instructed Lengthy, noting the characters have been speaking “bizarre” and in contrast to what he had heard in his neighborhood. 

Nonetheless, he needed to ace his auditions and get the position, so earlier than his closing callback, he rehearsed with individuals from his neighborhood they usually gave him concepts for the character. Because it seems, his callback was with certainly one of his most memorable scenes from the film: his “Excuse me, Miss Dionne” speech. As we all know by now, Faison landed the position and continued the character for 3 seasons of the teenager sitcom that adopted. 

The actor additionally remembered how younger and new the actors and actresses have been, together with co-star Paul Rudd, who was one of many few forged members who was sufficiently old to drink. 

“We have been youngsters and so, it got here from honesty,” he instructed Lengthy. “Although we have been studying these massive traces, we have been all actually youngsters, all actually hungry, so for it to be grounded, [Heckerling] was similar to, ‘Simply be you. It is alright. Don’t fret about it. Simply be sincere with it.”

In the end, producer Adam Schroeder “was the one which instructed me, ‘That is going to be successful film,'” Faison mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘It’s!?'”

Clueless fail? As if!