Overview

• Silverstone first shared the anecdote in an August 16 Entertainment Weekly interview as part of a ’90s roles retrospective.
• She said that after filming the kiss for The Crush she genuinely thought Cary Elwes was her boyfriend and even asked him in his trailer.
• She praised Elwes as kind, professional and “big-brother-like,” noting that his wife later sent her set photos she jokingly captioned “This is my man.”
• Several outlets have republished the interview with minor discrepancies about her age on set, reporting she was either 15 or 16 opposite the roughly 30-year-old actor.
• Her comments coincide with the premiere of her thriller Pretty Thing and her return as Cher Horowitz in Peacock’s upcoming Clueless reboot.