The "Charmed" producer left after the network demanded that the actors be more slightly dressed
Krista Vernoff left the supernatural soap when she was invited to exploit her stars.
From the end of the 90s, fans of Charm Listening to each week to watch the three Halliwell sisters ( Shannen Doherty ,, Holly Marie Combs ,, Alyssa Milano , after that, McGowan Rose ) exploit their powers as witches to fight evil and save the world. However, viewers of the Supernatural series could have noticed that, over the seasons, the emphasis on the sex appeal of the stars increased. Krista Vernoff , a writer and producer who started working on Charm In 2000, said it was a mandate that came from above.
In an interview in 2021 with The Hollywood Reporter ,, Vernoff said she left Charm After working on the show for three seasons because the network - WB, which no longer exists - would regularly ask for reasons to be written in the scripts for the stars to be more slightly dressed. Read the rest to find out more and what them lead Charm had to say about Vernoff's complaint.
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Vernoff did not agree with the management that the show was heading.
THR explains that Vernoff had written for three seasons of Charm And was offered double of his salary to stay for another season. But, in part because of the recent death of his father and in part because the network intended to develop the male public of the show by presenting the female bodies, it refused the offer.
"I signed because Charm Was a power program for girls, and halfway through the crossing, there was an episode where Alyssa Milano went out in the siren pastries and there was a huge peak in the male viewer, then each episode after, the question would come from the network, `` How are we getting naked girls this week? "" Said Vernoff.
The episode to which she referred is the first of season 5. He presents the character of Milano, Phoebe, turning into a mermaid.
She didn't want to be part of something "bad for the world".
It made Vernoff reconsidered if she wanted to continue to be part of the series.
"And they threw me money, and the number continues to rise, and there is all this pressure, and all that I can think, it is:" I create something that is now bad for the world, And I had enough bad for the world of my life, ”she said THR .
Vernoff then worked on programs, including Private practice ,, Shameless , And Station 19 . It is the most associated with Gray anatomy , on which she has been a writer and producer since 2005.
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She clarified her words for fans.
After the publication of the interview, Vernoff tweeted a message to viewers who loved the show. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"I want to clarify here to Charm fans and also for my colleagues from Charm Who loves and admire, that I don't think the show is bad for the world, "she said." I felt that objective notes were bad for the world - and demoralized for me. All like to charm. ""
The show stars spoke to defend it.
Milano and Combs, who played on Charm Throughout his race, made Vernoff's comments known.
Milano posted in response To a tweet on the interview, saying: "Well, it absolutely broke my heart. I hope we did not do something" bad for the world "for eight years. I think that We have given the permission of a generation of women to be strong and have their sexuality. I am so proud of what this program meant so much. "
"I can attest 1000% of Charmed was not bad for the world" " Combs tweeted . "The reasons and people are too long to list. Maybe it was bad for the world of Krista at the time. End of history." In a second tweet She added , "And the fact that we can always defend ourselves and the spectacle and the people who loved it proves this. I did not care what the producer or the executive network wanted us to naked for their $. And We still didn't know. Ralling and finding our own power. And always doing it. #Facts. "
Combs also responded directly to the Vernoff tweet in which she clarified her words, and wrote , "You had the power to change this. And fortunately, still does it now. #Rebel."
