Post by HollymCombs on Apr 20, 2006 14:57:00 GMT -5
Calgary Sun (Canada) - November 29, 2004
Rose McGowan can't believe it. Four years after “orbing” onto Charmed to fill the void left by Shannen Doherty’s contentious departure, McGowan continues to entertain audiences with her quirky, funny and sexy portrayal of Paige Matthews.
Paige, for those not leading Charmed lives, is the half-sister of Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) and Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs), and together the trio of good witches defends Earth from evildoers.
“I thought I’d be here about a year,” McGowan says as she slips onto a chair in her trailer. “It’s shocking to me that I’m still here.
“Thank God, it’s gotten much easier,” says McGowan, who is all porcelain skin and wide brown eyes, her petite body poured into an ultrashort miniskirt and matching tank top.
“The schedule was totally out of control for a while. We still work incredibly long hours, but they’ve found a way to speed up the process and maximize our time.
McGowan knew a little something about cult stardom long before Charmed came into her life, thanks to such films as Scream, Jawbreaker and Monkeybone, not to mention her press-friendly romance with shock-rocker Marilyn Manson.
Nonetheless, she professes to be amazed at the fervour of the fans who regularly visit Charmed websites to post or read episode spoilers, fan fiction and up-to-the-minute news about their favourite leading ladies.
“Believe me, I love that there are fans and I appreciate that they’re there,” McGowan says.
“But it’s true — people do feel, if you’re in their living room, that you’re their friend. That’s why, when I run into people, so often they’ll say that I’m so different from Paige, because they expect me to be like her. And I just say, ‘I’m only like that if I’m being paid, sorry.’
“I have a friend who’s always travelling,” she says, “and he calls me from all these different places. He called recently, and he was in Yemen.
He says, ‘OK, I walk into my hotel room and the first thing I do is turn on my television. And there you are, on the television, dubbed in Yemeni. That’s hot!’
“And other friends of mine just went on their honeymoon in Bangkok,” the actress continues.
“The first thing they did was turn on the television, and there I was. So it’s so interesting, the worldwide aspect of it. Charmed is huge in America, but it’s really huge abroad, and huge in places you’d never expect.”
The question is, why? What is it that fans love so much about the show, which is now into its seventh season?
“I think the thing people like about it is the bond between the sisters,” McGowan says. “And certainly they like all the bizarre situations we find ourselves in.
“I thought the broadest section of fans would be 11-year-olds,” she adds, “and it’s not that at all. People come up to me all the time, and they’re 60-year-old cab drivers, 50-year-old women. A lot of great queeny gay guys and nonqueeny gay guys are into it. Female African-Americans love Charmed.
“It’s so broad, and that’s what I love about it.
“No pun intended, but that's the charm of the show.”
Rose McGowan can't believe it. Four years after “orbing” onto Charmed to fill the void left by Shannen Doherty’s contentious departure, McGowan continues to entertain audiences with her quirky, funny and sexy portrayal of Paige Matthews.
Paige, for those not leading Charmed lives, is the half-sister of Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) and Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs), and together the trio of good witches defends Earth from evildoers.
“I thought I’d be here about a year,” McGowan says as she slips onto a chair in her trailer. “It’s shocking to me that I’m still here.
“Thank God, it’s gotten much easier,” says McGowan, who is all porcelain skin and wide brown eyes, her petite body poured into an ultrashort miniskirt and matching tank top.
“The schedule was totally out of control for a while. We still work incredibly long hours, but they’ve found a way to speed up the process and maximize our time.
McGowan knew a little something about cult stardom long before Charmed came into her life, thanks to such films as Scream, Jawbreaker and Monkeybone, not to mention her press-friendly romance with shock-rocker Marilyn Manson.
Nonetheless, she professes to be amazed at the fervour of the fans who regularly visit Charmed websites to post or read episode spoilers, fan fiction and up-to-the-minute news about their favourite leading ladies.
“Believe me, I love that there are fans and I appreciate that they’re there,” McGowan says.
“But it’s true — people do feel, if you’re in their living room, that you’re their friend. That’s why, when I run into people, so often they’ll say that I’m so different from Paige, because they expect me to be like her. And I just say, ‘I’m only like that if I’m being paid, sorry.’
“I have a friend who’s always travelling,” she says, “and he calls me from all these different places. He called recently, and he was in Yemen.
He says, ‘OK, I walk into my hotel room and the first thing I do is turn on my television. And there you are, on the television, dubbed in Yemeni. That’s hot!’
“And other friends of mine just went on their honeymoon in Bangkok,” the actress continues.
“The first thing they did was turn on the television, and there I was. So it’s so interesting, the worldwide aspect of it. Charmed is huge in America, but it’s really huge abroad, and huge in places you’d never expect.”
The question is, why? What is it that fans love so much about the show, which is now into its seventh season?
“I think the thing people like about it is the bond between the sisters,” McGowan says. “And certainly they like all the bizarre situations we find ourselves in.
“I thought the broadest section of fans would be 11-year-olds,” she adds, “and it’s not that at all. People come up to me all the time, and they’re 60-year-old cab drivers, 50-year-old women. A lot of great queeny gay guys and nonqueeny gay guys are into it. Female African-Americans love Charmed.
“It’s so broad, and that’s what I love about it.
“No pun intended, but that's the charm of the show.”
