Elisa Donovan Thought She Was ‘Hallucinating’ Filming ‘Clueless’-Themed Super Bowl Commercial With Alicia Silverstone

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As if! Elisa Donovan and Alicia Silverstone went back in time for their Clueless-themed Super Bowl LVII ad for Rakuten — and it was a blast from the past.“It was, wow, very surreal to walk into that [set] and have it look nearly identical to the classroom scene,” Donovan, 52, exclusively told Us Weekly on February 1 of the commercial. “And [to] have [Alicia’s character Cher] in her yellow plaid … I looked at Alicia and said, ‘Am I hallucinating right now?

What is going on?’”In the ad, which was released on Monday, February 6, Silverstone, 46, slips back into character as Cher Horowitz to debate her movie rival Amber (Donovan) as she did in the ‘90s film.“The commercial is for Rakuten, the online shopping app, which is obviously the most perfect marriage made in heaven for this film,” Donovan teased to Us. “It’s an homage to essentially the debate scene between Cher and Amber — and it goes to all sorts of other little spots that will be recognizable around L.A.

And it’s really VERY funny.”Both actresses slipped into their old ways in the clip. Silverstone wore her iconic yellow plaid two-piece set to become Cher and played with her gum while Donovan rolled her eyes as Amber and threw up a “whatever” sign.“I used to be pretty clueless about shopping,” Silverstone says in the commercial, slipping into her Cher voice. “Like, when I heard I could save by getting cash back with Rakuten, I was like, ‘As if!’ But then I was like, ‘Uh, why didn’t I do this sooner?’”After being transported to Cher’s closet, Beverly Hills mansion and then back to their high school classroom, Donovan’s Amber tries to get in the last word. “Um, hello … do I even get a rebuttal?” she says, before making a “w” with her fingers. “Whatever.”While the