{"id":4638,"date":"2026-06-04T15:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/paul-rudd-reveals-he-wanted-to-play-a-different-character-in-clueless\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:43:19","slug":"paul-rudd-reveals-he-wanted-to-play-a-different-character-in-clueless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/paul-rudd-reveals-he-wanted-to-play-a-different-character-in-clueless\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Rudd reveals he wanted to play a different character in &#8216;Clueless&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2FUntitled-3-copy-1.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Paul Rudd revealed he initially didn\u2019t want to play Cher\u2019s stepbrother-turned-love interest, Josh Lucas, in \u201cClueless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-features\/paul-rudd-interview-power-ballad-1236611767\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Rudd admitted he was more interested in portraying Cher\u2019s (Alicia Silverstone) love interest, Christian, who turns out to be gay. The role ultimately went to Justin Walker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember reading it, like, \u2018Wait a minute, this is a gay character, who\u2019s also the coolest character in the movie?\u201d Rudd recalled to the outlet. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Paul Rudd told The Hollywood Reporter he initially didn\u2019t want to play Josh Lucas in \u201cClueless.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Beau Grealy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor (seen above at the 2026 Big Slick Celebrity Weekend) said he was more intrigued by the roles of Christian (played by Justin Walker) and Murray (played by Donald Faison). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen this before and it\u2019s the most interesting part,\u201d the 57-year-old actor added.<\/p>\n<p>Rudd said he was also intrigued by the role of Dionne\u2019s (Stacey Dash) boyfriend, Murray, before realizing the character was black. <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/06\/entertainment\/scrubs-co-stars-zach-braff-donald-faison-recall-big-heated-podcast-fight\/\">Donald Faison<\/a> was cast as Murray.<\/p>\n<p>Director Amy Heckerling ended up letting Rudd read for the parts of Christian and Josh. He got the latter role. <\/p>\n<p>However, Rudd wasn\u2019t hellbent on starring in the 1995 film before he was officially cast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rudd (seen above in the film with Alicia Silverstone) said when he read the script he thought Christian, who turns out to be gay, was \u201cthe coolest character in the movie.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">ph: Elliot Marks \/ \u00a9 Paramount Pictures\/ Courtesy: Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen this before and it\u2019s the most interesting part,&#8217;\u201d Rudd said about Walker\u2019s character (Walker and Silverstone are pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rudd said he also wanted to play Murray before he realized the character was black (Faison is pictured above as Murray). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter the audition was done, I was not on the phone with my agents, like, \u2018Did I get it? Did I get it?&#8217;\u201d he recalled in the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Scott, who went to acting school with Rudd, told the outlet he knew Rudd\u2019s career would blow up once \u201cClueless\u201d came out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at the premiere of\u00a0\u2018Clueless\u2019\u00a0out in Malibu with him, and it comes up on this big screen on the beach, and immediately I was like, \u2018Oh, Paul\u2019s going to be a famous person now,&#8217;\u201d the \u201cSeverance\u201d star shared. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd sure enough,\u201d Scott added, \u201cEverything changed after that. Suddenly, we could just walk into any bar. It was like, \u2018Whoa, what the f\u2013k is going on? This is incredible.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rudd (seen above with Silverstone) read for the parts of Christian and Josh before he was cast as the latter. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>But Rudd (pictured above with the rest of the \u201cClueless\u201d cast) said he wasn\u2019t stressed about getting cast in the film after he auditioned. <span class=\"credit\">ph: Elliot Marks \/ \u00a9 Paramount Pictures\/ Courtesy: Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But once Rudd shot to stardom in 1995, he was already committed to starring in the stage production of\u00a0\u201cThe Last Night of Ballyhoo\u201d in New York \u2014 which made him unavailable for another Hollywood role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy agent was like, \u2018What the f\u2013k are you doing?\u2019 \u201d the \u201cAnt-Man\u201d star remembered. \u201cBut I was so excited. I was 25 or 26, and I was about to be on Broadway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClueless,\u201d which also starred <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/11\/what-happened-brittany-murphy-offers-chilling-new-details\/\">the late Brittany Murphy<\/a> as transfer student Tai Frasier, was a pop culture phenomenon upon its release and remains a cult classic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/04\/entertainment\/paul-rudd-reveals-he-wanted-to-play-a-different-character-in-clueless\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Rudd revealed he initially didn\u2019t want to play Cher\u2019s stepbrother-turned-love interest, Josh Lucas, in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-3-copy-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}