Donald Faison Didn’t Think ‘Clueless’ Would Be Successful

When it got here to Clueless turning into a cult basic success, Donald Faison was saying, “As if.”

“I had no clue [the film would take off,]” Faison, 49, completely tells Us Weekly whereas selling NBC’s Extended Family. “I was just happy to be in a studio film, to be honest with you.”

Faison says movie producer Adam Schroeder assured him that the 1995 comedy was “going to be a big hit,” — however he wasn’t so certain.

“[I looked] at him like, ‘You’re out of your mind. I don’t even understand what we’re saying in this. There’s no way America’s going to understand. … If I don’t understand it, there’s no way,’” he remembers. “And I was completely wrong. I’m so happy I was wrong, too, because 30 years later we’re still talking about it.”

Since its launch, Clueless has cemented its standing as an iconic movie. The film follows highschool scholar Cher (Alicia Silverstone) who’s the queen bee of her class in Beverly Hills. When she offers new scholar Tai (Brittany Murphy) a makeover, she watches as Tai’s reputation soars. (Clueless additionally subsequently grew to become a sitcom in 1996, airing for 3 seasons.)

Faison performed Dion’s boyfriend, Murray, within the movie, later reprising his function for the sitcom spinoff, which ran from 1996 to 1999. The actor remembers making an attempt to channel Ice Cube together with his character, calling Murray a “gangster wannabe.”

“I came in with bandanas every audition,” he says. “I came in with a bandana, tied, baggy a-s jeans. My pants were hanging already.”

As for the place Murray is immediately, Faison jokes he’s “still in Africa running the country,” (Murray moved to Africa in the course of the Clueless sequence.)

When requested whether or not he’d be interested by a possible revival, Faison says he “absolutely” would reprise his function — however provided that Amy Heckerling, who penned and directed the unique movie, returns to jot down it.

Faison provides that there are “often” talks of a Clueless reboot, and he knew it was “officially official” when Paul Rudd mentioned he was sport. However, Faison notes that getting the solid collectively can be a “tough” problem as “everybody’s doing their own thing.”

“There’s a lot that’s happened in the last 30 years,” he provides.

For now, Faison is targeted on NBC’s Extended Family. The sitcom follows Jim (Jon Cryer) and ex-wife Julia (Abigail Spencer) navigating a coparenting relationship whereas she strikes on together with her new fiancé, Trey (Faison).

“It’s a great time,” Faison tells Us, including that it’s “been a dream” of his to work alongside Cryer, 58.

Extended Family airs on NBC Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. ET and streams the following day on Peacock.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi