Silverstone landed the role of Cher because Heckerling loved her in Aerosmith's music video of "Cryin'." In Jen Chaney's book, As If!: The Oral History of Clueless, Heckerling noted, "I was watching an Aerosmith video of 'Cryin'.' That was the first video she was in. And I just fell in love with her. Then my friend Carrie Frazier said, 'You have to see this girl in The Crush.' And I was like, 'No, I want the Aerosmith girl.' Well, it was the same girl."