If you’re up-to-date on your “Clueless” lore, you might already know that Amy Heckerling drew from real-life experiences for some scenes in the movie. One example is when Cher gets mugged at gunpoint in a parking lot. After handing over her phone and handbag, she pauses when her mugger commands her to lie down on the ground. While clutching the sides of her coat and showing him her dress, she says, “Oh, no. You don’t understand; this is an Alaia.” Heckerling told Interview that the scene was inspired by an anecdote about an agent who found himself in a similar situation, but with an Armani suit.
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Rudd also became an unfortunate mugging victim while filming “Clueless.” On “The Howard Stern Show,” he recounted how he was about to get in his car when a man put a gun to his head. To prove to Rudd that his weapon as the real deal, the thief actually fired it. “He shot it right next to my head, where I felt it go through my hair,” Rudd recalled. Because Rudd had no cash on him, he told the mugger to take whatever he wanted out of his car. The Marvel star considered trying to be a real-life superhero by smashing the man’s legs with his car door but quickly concluded that this was not the best move. “I could’ve broke his legs, then he would have sat up and shot me,” he said.
