Yorgos Lanthimos treats himself to a star of the 1990s

Alicia Silverstone joins the cast of Bugonia.

It's not justEmma Stone in life! Yorgos Lanthimos just chose Alicia Silverstone to complete the cast of Bugoniahis next film, which will be a conspiracy thriller, mixed with SF.

Star of the 1990s after being a hit in Clueless (1995), embodying the romantic teenager of the time thanks to Aerosmith music videos, Alicia Silverstone even nearly became a Hollywood superstar when she was cast opposite George Clooney in Batman & Robin (1997). She had just landed the highly coveted role of Barbara Wilson, aka Batgirl. Except that the film was a historic flop, still mocked and vilified today.

The career ofAlicia Silverstone never really recovered, even if the actress never stopped filming. She even found success recently in the Netflix thriller Reptile (2023).

With Bugoniathe actress once again has a chance for a comeback. In the film of Yorgos Lanthimosshe will respond to Emma Stone And Jesse Plemons. It follows two young men obsessed with plots who kidnap the CEO of a large company, convinced that she is an alien determined to destroy planet Earth. The screenplay is by Will Tracy (who wrote episodes of Succession), based on the 2003 South Korean comedy Save the Green Planet. We don't know yet who will play. Alicia Silverstone.

Bugonia will be released in theaters on November 7, 2025.