Alicia Silverstone reflects on working with ‘adorable’ Clueless co-star Brittany Murphy

Iconic romantic comedy has just celebrated its 25th anniversary

Clueless star Alicia Silverstone has been reflecting on working with the late Brittany Murphy on their hit 1995 film.

The iconic romantic comedy, which celebrated its 25^th anniversary over the weekend, starred Silverstone as rich high-school student Cher Horowitz.

Murphy, meanwhile, played Tai Frasier, the new classmate to whom Cher decides to give a makeover.

"I just remember thinking she was so great for the part,” Silverstone told Vogue. “I can't remember how many girls came in to audition for Tai that day, but I remember Brittany being really adorable.

"She's so good at the little accent because she had one already, but I think she just pushed it to new heights. I found her so wonderful and I said to [director] Amy [Heckerling] right away, 'I think she's the one! She was the best one you guys!' hoping they would agree. She was like, 'Uh yeah duh. Of course she was the best, she's the one.’"

Silverstone also spoke about her and Murphy being the only teenagers working on the film.

"I remember [Brittany’s] mom was on set a lot,” she said. “I brought my mom around a little bit and we would all spend time together. But I don't think we had any intellectual idea about us being up-and-comers in a big movie because we didn't know we were in a big movie. Maybe other people knew, but I was so innocent.”

Murphy died suddenly at the age of 32 in 2009. Her death was officially ruled an accident, caused by pneumonia, anaemia and multiple drug intoxication.

Earlier this year, a new documentary about the star revealed that forensic pathologists are still “puzzled” by her death.