{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstillherehollywood.com%2Fepisodes%2Felisa-donovan-clueless-pHjCDo6Y","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Elisa Donovan \"Clueless\"","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b8a9b79b-5b00-4a87-8d55-5b196c116de3/64155104-9133-443b-929b-6627c3702cf0/shh-20logo-20kmetko-20pic.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Elisa Donovan became forever recognizable as Amber, Cher Horowitz's fabulously overdressed rival in the 1995 classic Clueless. But behind one of the most memorable characters of the '90s is an actress, writer and mother whose life took turns she never could have imagined.\nElisa joins Steve Kmetko for a candid conversation about landing Clueless, creating Amber from the mean girls she knew growing up, working with Alicia Silverstone, and the Clueless joke she didn't even understand when she delivered it.\nShe also opens up about Brittany Murphy, sharing a hilarious memory from the Clueless set and revealing the troubling signs she says she witnessed the last time she saw Brittany before her death.\nElisa talks about nearly landing the lead in Showgirls, climbing into bed with Jason Priestley on her first day of Beverly Hills, 90210, her frustration during Sabrina the Teenage Witch, losing her father to cancer, and the extraordinary dreams that changed the way she thinks about grief and death.\nPlus, Elisa explains why she believes Hollywood is losing the kinds of movies that once gave actors and storytellers room to take chances.\nThis is Still Here Hollywood. I'm Steve Kmetko. Join us with today's guest, from Clueless, actor Elisa Donovan.\n\n\n00:00 Elisa Donovan joins Still Here Hollywood\n01:54 Knowing she wanted to become an actor\n04:04 The personality trait that helped her survive Hollywood\n05:32 Her first television break on Blossom\n07:01 The Showgirls role she desperately wanted\n10:14 Learning from rejection in Hollywood\n11:41 Did anyone know Clueless would become a classic?\n13:19 The intimidating Clueless audition\n15:34 Learning how television really works\n15:50 Her first day in bed with Jason Priestley on 90210\n18:04 Nearly walking away from acting after Sabrina\n19:53 Behind the scenes of Clueless\n20:00 Remembering Brittany Murphy on set\n22:00 Learning Brittany Murphy had died\n22:46 The troubling signs Elisa says she witnessed\n25:52 Still Here Hollywood\n27:12 Breckin Meyer and remembering Brittany\n28:25 The real girls who inspired Amber\n30:07 Why Amber was so much fun to play\n31:13 How Clueless changed Elisa's life\n34:22 The improvised moments that made the movie\n35:48 The Clueless joke Elisa didn't understand\n36:29 Why Clueless still connects 30 years later\n38:09 What Hollywood has lost\n41:44 Becoming a writer\n44:41 What writing gave her that acting couldn't\n46:05 Writing Wake Me When You Leave\n48:13 Losing her father and losing her way\n50:32 The dreams that changed everything\n53:18 Writing through grief\n56:01 What Elisa would tell Amber today\n"}