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It was 1995 and I’d seen “Clueless” five times by now. My dad had rented it from the video store for us and I’d seen it a lot over the course of a weekend, even though I didn’t care much for it. It’s a fine movie, but it never managed to click with me like “Heathers” or “Mean Girls” ever did. From these viewings, though, I did choose up a rare things.
Number One: I definitely was going to be a good husband to Alicia Silverstone. I’d be supportive of her career, and even not be a geek around other celebrities.
Number Two: Christian is definitely not in to women.
I didn’t comprehend a lot at the age of twelve. I didn’t really know what the idea of being gay was, nor did I really know a lot about the LGBTQ community, but I knew that Christian definitely was not someone who was in to women. From the moment he steps on screen with his jacket behind his shoulder (after Cher’s terrible incident with slimeball Elton), it’s pretty apparent even though the usually savvy Cher never actually picks up on it until it’s way too late.
The thing about that plan though was because Gay wasn’t really something we made a big deal out of in my house. We didn’t ignore the concept
Clueless heartthrob Justin Walker looks unrecognisable 30 years after the iconic movie's release
Clueless star Justin Walker looks unrecognisable 30 years after the release of the iconic high institution comedy.
The actor played heartthrob Christian Stovitz in the 1995 movie, which was loosely based Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma, saw him as the protest of Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone)'s affections.
However after Christian failed to show any interest in his classmate, despite her desperate attempts to seduce him, it was revealed that he was gay.
While other stars of the now cult motion picture like Paul Rudd and the late Brittany Murphy went on to superstardom, actor Justin disappeared from the spotlight.
He now sports salt and pepper locks and gone are his 90s curls after turning his back on acting in 2005.
Clueless was his biggest role before going on to emerge in an episode of Pamela Anderson's V.I.P and a Pizza Hut ad.
Clueless star Justin Walker looks unrecognisable 30 years after the release of the iconic high institution comedy (left pictured 2019, right pictured in the movie)
The actor played Christian Stovitz in the 1995 movie, which was loosely based Jane Austen
ABOVE: Actor Justin Walker as Christian Stovitz in the 1995 teen comedy “Clueless.” (Photo courtesy screenshot from YouTube)
“As if!” It has been 25 years since that phrase — and many more — were made popular in the mainstream with the launch of the hit teen-comedy, “Clueless.”
“Clueless” not only expanded pop culture slang and fashion trends for 90s teens when it opened July 19, 1995, it also expanded LGBTQ inclusion in movies at a time when few studio films were including homosexual characters.
While the role of Cher Horowitz proved to be a breakout for its lead actress Alicia Silverstone, the character of Christian Stovitz would provide actor Justin Walker his cinematic debut and his most popular role. In the film, Christian is depicted as a smooth, enigmatic figure with an affinity for vintage pop culture.
In a feature story from The Telegraph, director Amy Heckerling speaks further to Christian’s unique manner and disposition.
“Christian was someone who has made a study of the Ratpack, he reflected the resurgence of the swinger mentality in the [’90s],” she said. “So he brings back jive talk vocabulary.”
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Clueless' Missing Emma Character Spotlights the '90s LGBT Invisibility Issue
Clueless is a near-perfect update of Jane Austen's Emma for the up-to-date day, or the '90s current day. Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is the perfect Beverly Hills glam version of Austen's haughty heroine; the high school setting brings Austen's social strata into the modern era, and the revamps to the ending, such as the girls from different classes, Emma and Harriet (Britanny Murphy's Tai), remaining friends are amazing democratic changes. However, there is one very notable Emma personality missing from the adaptation, and her -- or rather his -- absence leaves the film missing one modern update it needed: Christian Stovitz (Justin Walker), the Frank Churchill equivalent, has no male version of Jane Fairfax.
Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax are one of Austen's more beloved minor couples. Frank is introduced as the bad teen romantic false lead for Emma, the charming scoundrel that appears in most of her works to tempt the heroine away from the hero; through a plot twist, however, Frank is redeemed as just careless, not wicked, and turns out to have been secretly engaged the whole t