Alicia Silverstone "Stopped Loving Acting" After She Was Body-Shamed for Her 'Batman & Robin' Role

Alicia Silverstone keeps a safe distance from pal Angela Sarafyan while going for a hike on Saturday morning (May 9) in Los Angeles.

There’s been a lot of unwarranted criticism of Jessica Simpson over the years, and it’s still going on. On Tuesday, May 5, the Open Book author, 39, took to her Instagram account to respond to comments made about her appearance at the 2007 Met Gala.

Alicia Silverstone and her son are calling on people to go vegan.

Alicia Silverstone and her son Bear have recreated a famous photograph of Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda to encourage people to adopt a vegan diet.

"I wasn't confused. I knew that it was not right to make fun of someone's body shape"

No one came out of the flop that was 1997’s Batman & Robin unscathed, but for Alicia Silverstone, the hate was very personal. 

Alicia Silverstone is remembering one of the biggest film roles she ever landed. The 43-year-old actress made her film debut in the 1993 film “The Crush,” which landed her the 1994 MTV Award for best breakthrough performance, but it wasn’t until her standout performance as Cher in the 1995 rom-com “Clueless” that Silverstone became a household name.

Alicia Silverstone is getting real about the difficulties she's had to face being in the Hollywood spotlight for decades.

It's been over two decades since Alicia Silverstone appeared in Batman & Robin, but she still remembers being body shamed by the media over her appearance in the film like it was yesterday. The 43-year-old actress looked back at that time during an interview with The Guardian published Saturday.  "That definitely wasn't my favorite film-making experience," Silverstone told the publication.

Alicia Silverstone is reflecting on her time filming the 1997 movie, Batman & Robin, revealing that it wasn’t her favorite experience.

Getting real. Critics didn’t enjoy the 1997 Batman & Robin film — and Alicia Silverstone didn’t enjoy filming it, either. Two years after rising to fame in Clueless, Silverstone, 21 at the time, was cast in the movie alongside George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O’Donnell and Uma Thurman. Despite the stellar cast, the actress doesn’t have many good thoughts from that time of her life.

Alicia Silverstone doesn’t look back fondly on “Batman & Robin”.

Alicia Silverstone has few fond memories of making Clueless 25 years ago because she was working on the set all the time.

Alicia Silverstone essayed the role of Batgirl in the 1997 film Batman & Robin alongside George Clooney and Uma Thurman. Playing a superheroine is a delight for every actress.

Alicia Silverstone played the Batgirl in 1997 hit Batman & Robin and she wishes to reprise her role and step into the shoes of Barbara Wilson aka Batgirl once again. Its been 23 years since the superhit film hit the screens but the actress says she would love revisiting her role now and talks about how it would be different than what it was 2 decades ago. In her conversation with Collider, Alicia summed up her Batman & Robin journey and revealed why she wishes to redo the film.