The Untold Truth Of Charmed

As beloved as Charmed is by fans, the people involved in its creation don't always get the warm fuzzies when thinking about their time with the show. In Rose McGowan's autobiography Brave, which was released in January 2018, she describes working on Charmed was both exhausting and "soul crushing," according to the Washington Post. McGowan also revealed that during her time on the show, she only worked with one female director, who was not respected by the predominantly male crew — a crew which McGowan says "would snicker in disrespect when she would direct them." 

McGowan wasn't alone in her memories of the show. In an Entertainment Weekly interview with McGowan, Milano, and Combs at the end of the series (via Refinery29), Combs revealed, "The WB never treated us well, so we didn't expect a lot of farewell wishes and flowers or cards." 

After prompting, she added: "Well, we were never promoted. ... They had a policy of promoting a couple shows at a time that they thought were going to be their front-runners. And we were never that. ... When the press mentions The WB, they mention Buffy, Felicity and Gilmore Girls, and yet one show that has been on longer than all of them is never mentioned." 

Still, that lack of support should make the stars even more proud of what they accomplished.