Charmed Satellite October 2nd 1998
ALYSSA, HOLLY: HI!

SHANNEN: HI, HOW ARE YOU?

WB59: GOOD, THANK YOU. FOR THE VIEWERS WHO HAVEN'T PICKED UP ON ALL THE GREAT BUZZ ON CHARMED, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE SHOW?

HOLLY: IT'S ABOUT THREE SISTERS WHO HAPPEN TO BE WITCHES

SHANNEN: THAT'S THE QUICKEST THAT I'VE EVER HEARD IT DESCRIBED. THIS IS SO GREAT. THEY'RE GOOD WITCHES, AND IT'S ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM, AND HOW THEY DEAL WITH ONE ANOTHER.

ALYSSA: I THINK THE GREAT THING ABOUT OUR SHOW IS THAT WE DEFINITELY DEAL WITH A LOT. I PLAY PHOEBE, WHO IS THE YOUNGEST SISTER. SHE'S THE REBELLIOUS, BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY, WHO REALLY WANTS PRUE'S ACCEPTANCE. SHANNON PLAYS PRUE. PHOEBE'S VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THESE POWERS BECAUSE SHE FEELS SHE HAS PURPOSE IN THE WORLD NOW. SHE WAS SORT OF A SLACKER BEFORE. WHEN HER POWERS COME TO HER, SHE'S ECSTATIC, SHE LOVES THE IDEA. WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY HER SISTERS SORT OF ACCEPT THEIR POWERS. THEY HAVE A HARD TIME DEALING WITH IT. AND PHOEBE IS LIKE "YES! I LOVE IT!" WE ARE ALL VERY DIFFERENT, VERY SEPARATE PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY WOULDN'T ALL BE UNDER THE SAME ROOF IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THESE POWERS THEY'RE BOUND TOGETHER.

WB59: SHANNON, WHAT'S IT LIKE TOPLAY PRUE?

SHANNEN: SHE'S GREAT TO PLAY BECAUSE SHE'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN I AM. SHE'S VERY RESPONSIBLE. SHE FEELS THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON HER SHOULDERS AND TRIES TO TAKE CARE OF HER SISTERS CONSTANTLY, AND MAYBE SHE DOES IT TOO MUCH, MAYBE SHE'S A LITTLE TOO NURTURING, OR MAYBE SHE'S A LITTLE TOO PREACHY AND OVERBEARING. SHE NEEDS TO LET HER SISTERS GO AND DO THEIR OWN THING BECAUSE THEY'RE MATURE WOMEN WHO CAN HANDLE THEMSELVES, BUT ITS BASICALLY OUT OF CONCERN AND LOVE. YET, SHE HAS A LOT OF ISSUES IN HER LIFE WITH HER FAMILY AND WITH SORT OF ACCEPTING THIS POWER THAT'S BEEN SORT OF GIVEN TO HER AT THIS POINT...AND I THINK THAT PRUE IS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHO SHE IS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO EXPLORE THAT.

WB59: COMPARE YOURSELVES TO THE CHARACTERS YOU PLAY.

SHANNEN: OH MY GOD, I'M SO NOTHING LIKE PRUE.

HOLLY: MY CHARACTER IS MORE LIKE SHANNON...HER CHARACTER IS MORE LIKE MY OWN PERSONALITY.

SHANNEN: SEE, PIPER PANICS AND HAS ANXIETY ATTACKS, IS NEUROTIC, AND THAT'S ME. AND MY CHARACTER IS REALLY SORT OF RESPONSIBLE, SHE THINKS SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING, THINKS SHE'S THIS GREAT PERFECTIONIST AND LIKES TO LECTURE PEOPLE...THAT WOULD BE HOLLY.

HOLLY: YEAH! WAIT A MINUTE THE LECTURE PART WAS NOT PART OF THE DEAL.

ALYSSA: NO I'M NOT THE BLACK SHEEP OR REBELLIOUS OR ANYTHING.

SHANNEN: EXCEPT THAT YOU ARE LIKE HER (PHOEBE) IN THE SENSE OF THAT YOU ARE A LITTLE WACKY
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ALYSSA: HEY, I'M WACKY!

WB59: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF FILMING A SHOW LIKE CHARMED?

HOLLY & ALYSSA (TOGETHER): GREEN SCREENS!

HOLLY: SPECIAL EFFECTS.

ALYSSA: HALF THE TIME WE'RE ACTING TO NOTHING

HOLLY: AND NO ONE

WB59: THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTION SCENES IN CHARMED, DO YOU DO YOUR OWN STUNTS?

HOLLY: OH YEAH

ALYSSA: AS MUCH AS THEY'LL LET US

SHANNEN: BECAUSE OF INSURANCE PURPOSES THEY LOVE THROWING STUNT DOUBLES IN THERE.

HOLLY: I DID A SCREECH-OUT THE OTHER DAY WITH THE CAR, THEY FORGOT MY STUNT DRIVER...THE DIRECTOR SCREAMED....I WAS GOOD AS A STUNT-DRIVER.

SHANNEN. SHE'S A VERY GOOD DRIVER.

HOLLY: THANK YOU.

WB59: WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE SHOW CHARMED THAT MADE THE THREE OF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SHOW?

SHANNEN: SHOULD WE SAY IT ALL AT ONCE GUYS?
SHANNEN, ALYSSA & HOLLY: FUN!!!

ALYSSA: I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY DIFFERENT, I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE THREE WOMEN AND WE DEAL WITH THE SISTER'S RELATIONSHIP, THAT'S VERY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE.

HOLLY: WE DEAL WITH MEN...

ALYSSA: YEAH, WE HAVE MEN ISSUES, YOU KNOW IT'S THREE SISTERS.

HOLLY: THE GUYS WILL BE WATCHING, THERE'S THE ACTION FOR THE GUYS, THERE'S THE SHORT SKIRTS FOR...NEVER MIND. WE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

ALYSSA: THERE IS A LOT OF SPECIAL EFFECTS WHICH WILL DEFINITELY APPEAL TO A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE, SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

SHANNEN: ALL THE ELEMENTS WERE PRETTY PERFECT, YOU KNOW, AARON SPELLING WHO IS INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT, SUCH A BRILLIANT BUSINESS MAN, HE KNOWS WHAT AUDIENCES WANT, AND WHO'S FUN TO WORK WITH. THE WB WHO'S A YOUNG, GREAT NETWORK, THE MATERIAL, THE SHOW WAS GREAT, AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE THREE OF US.

HOLLY: YOU REALLY WANTED TO WORK WITH ME

SHANNEN: THE FACT THAT IT WAS THE THREE OF US WAS REALLY APPEALING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE ALL REALLY BECOME GOOD FRIENDS, AND GOD, IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN.

WB59: ALYSSA, WERE GREAT ON "WHO'S THE BOSS" DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU LITERALLY GREW UP ON TELEVISION?

ALYSSA: THANK YOU...IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD BECAUSE HALF THE TIME I WON'T EVEN REMEMBER SHOOTING THEM(EPISODES OF "WHO'S THE BOSS"), YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HOW MUCH DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE 11, YOU KNOW? SO, IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD OF COURSE, I WAS IN TELEVISION IN THE 80'S WHEN IT WAS THE WORST FASHION TIME EVER AND I WAS GOING THROUGH PUBERTY, SO I HAD BIG HAIR AND PIMPLES AND I WAS AWKWARD, SO I DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT AND GO, "OH THAT POOR LITTLE PUBESCENT CHILD..."

WB59: WHAT'S IT LIKE WORKING FOR THE WB NETWORK?

SHANNEN: WELL I THINK THE AMAZING THING ABOUT THE WB IS THAT THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY WITHOUT MY HELP. YOU HAVE SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR WHO HAS DONE WONDERS FOR THIS NETWORK, AND YOU HAVE JOSHUA JACKSON AND KATIE HOLMES WHO ARE LIKE TWO OF THE MOST AMAZING ADORABLE ACTORS I'VE EVER SEEN, AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE VERY GOOD QUALITY SHOWS ON, SO THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT. I DEFINITELY LIKE BEING ON THE NETWORK BECAUSE IT DOES REMIND ME OF FOX I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JAIME KELLNER ALREADY BECAUSE HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF FOX AND NOW HE'S SORT OF OUR CEO OF WB, AND IT'S NICE, IT KINDA FEELS LIKE REPEATING THINGS BUT YET IN A BETTER WAY.

WB59: THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU'RE ALL VERY CHARMING.

SHANNEN, ALYSSA, HOLLY: THANKS, BYE!