They didn’t reconcile with a wave of a magic wand, but their relationship now seems more peaceful. Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty, who weren’t great friends on the set of the series Charmed – and even less when the interpreter of Prue Halliwell slammed the door in 2001 – maintain links today “cordial“. This is what the heroine of Madame is served, Tuesday October 26, 2021, while she was promoting her book Sorry Not Sorry withEntertainment Tonight.
I accept my share of responsibility in all these tensions that there have been between us
There was drama in the air when they did the magic spells with Holly Marie Combs. After three seasons, Shannen Doherty had decided – voluntarily – to leave her fictional sisters to avoid friction. “But you know, I accept my share of responsibility in all these tensions that there was between us, explains Alyssa Milano. I believe that our fight came from a feeling of competition, whereas the series put forward a feeling of sorority. I still have some guilt in me about this.“
I write to him several times a year to take news
Series Charmed was definitely not the ideal ground for making friends. Rose McGowan, who took over from Shannen Doherty as Paige Matthews, is also not on great terms with her former colleagues. But upon hearing about the state of health of Shannen, who has advanced cancer, Alyssa Milano decided to lower her arms and send him a message wishing him to defeat this demon. “I write to him several times a year to take news, she confirms. I have a lot of respect for her. She is a very good actress, she loves her family so much. I just wish I had been strong enough, at the time, to recognize it …“