For a time being, Alicia Silverstone was kind of a "It Girl" in Hollywood after appearing in a string of Aerosmith music videos and her breakthrough role in "Clueless". I remember hearing around the time "Clueless" came out, that Alicia came off like a young Meg Ryan or Goldie Hawn (I suppose in other words, the cute blonde girl, who can work well in fluffy comedies). Although I would suggest, that Alicia was really perhaps, more like the Molly Ringwald of the '90s (a popular teen movie actress, who seemed to evoke unfulfilled potential after outgrowing that period in her career). Alicia for a period, even had I believe, a three picture deal with Columbia worth $10 million (which didn't pan out as well as anticipated).
Joel Schumacher in company cast Alicia as Batgirl, in large part because at the time, she had a lot of momentum going for herself as a hot, up and coming actress (thus, getting a lot of young girls, who normally wouldn't be interested in Batman excited). I would argue that it was similar to them wanting to get Jim Carrey to play the Riddler (after appearing in a string of hits from 1994 like "Ace Ventura", "The Mask", and "Dumb & Dumber") . Had "Batman & Robin" been a success, then one could argue that Alicia Silverstone would've officially been "put on the map" (kind of like what happened with Sean Young had she been able to play Vicki Vale in the first Batman movie).
I would argue that "Batman & Robin" also had a detrimental effect on the careers of Uma Thurman (until she hooked up with Quetin Tarantino again to due the "Kill Bill" saga) and Chris O'Donnell, but that's another story. George Clooney seemed to help himself by publically acknowledging the movie's criticisms. Maybe the movie also had a negative effect on Arnold Schwarzengger because up until he did, "Terminator 3" (his last starring role before running for Governor of California), I don't believe any movie his post-"B&R" movies were very well received at the box office.
Joel Schumacher in company cast Alicia as Batgirl, in large part because at the time, she had a lot of momentum going for herself as a hot, up and coming actress (thus, getting a lot of young girls, who normally wouldn't be interested in Batman excited). I would argue that it was similar to them wanting to get Jim Carrey to play the Riddler (after appearing in a string of hits from 1994 like "Ace Ventura", "The Mask", and "Dumb & Dumber") . Had "Batman & Robin" been a success, then one could argue that Alicia Silverstone would've officially been "put on the map" (kind of like what happened with Sean Young had she been able to play Vicki Vale in the first Batman movie).
I would argue that "Batman & Robin" also had a detrimental effect on the careers of Uma Thurman (until she hooked up with Quetin Tarantino again to due the "Kill Bill" saga) and Chris O'Donnell, but that's another story. George Clooney seemed to help himself by publically acknowledging the movie's criticisms. Maybe the movie also had a negative effect on Arnold Schwarzengger because up until he did, "Terminator 3" (his last starring role before running for Governor of California), I don't believe any movie his post-"B&R" movies were very well received at the box office.
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