20 Things You Didn't Know About Clueless

15. The "Suck & Blow" Scene Was A Challenge To Film

Clueless Alicia Silverstone
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During the film's memorable party scene, Cher and her pals play "Suck and Blow," where players suck a credit card to their lips while attempting to pass the card to another person.

The game reaches its creepy climax when Elton (Jeremy Sisto) intentionally drops the card as he's about to pass it to Cher, planting a cheeky liplock on her instead.

And while filming this scene might seem simple enough on paper, it was actually an unexpectedly challenging sequence for the cast and crew.

Basically, the cast were unable to keep sucking in long enough to pass the card between them, and so the crew replaced the real plastic credit card with a cardboard one.

This still didn't work, so holes were drilled into the card to allow more air to pass through it, and this still wasn't enough to produce the desired result.

In the end, they resolved to having the cast coat their lips in chapstick, forcing the card to stick to their lips on its own.

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