20 Things You Didn't Know About Clueless

12. It TECHNICALLY Wasn't Paul Rudd's Movie Debut

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But as often as Clueless is stated to be Paul Rudd's Hollywood debut, that's technically not the case.

While Clueless was indeed his first movie project to be released to cinemas, he actually wrapped filming the widely maligned Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers just a few weeks before Clueless began shooting.

Due to disastrous test screenings, the sixth Halloween film conducted extensive reshoots in the summer of 1995, resulting in it actually releasing more than two months after Clueless.

As terrible as Halloween 6 was, it's probably a blessing in disguise that it also cratered at the box office, ensuring most audiences knew Rudd from Clueless instead.

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