Why did Shannon Doherty leave the "Enchanted"? Causes of the action

The premiere of this series took place in autumn 1998. From the first series, the audience simply "clung" to the screens, trying not to miss a single word or gesture. Actresses, playing three charming witch sisters, instantly got an army of fans who praised them as best they could. Their popularity, as well as their fees, grew by leaps and bounds. So what happened? Why did Shannon Doherty leave the "Enchanted"? Let's try to understand this article.

How did it all begin in the series

In one dark rainy evening, the youngest of the three sisters, Halliwell, Phoebe, returns to her childhood home. In this house, continue to live, as before, the older sister - Prudence (or Prue, as it is usually called) and the middle - Piper. It is the average sister who always acts as a peacemaker in the family, and this evening, when again the relationship between the older and younger sisters is heated, she tries to reconcile them. The night that followed this strange evening turned out to be the most unusual in the life of the girls, because when the older sisters went to bed, the younger, Phoebe, went to the attic and found a book there. After reading a few lines from her, she also leaves to rest and does not notice that thanks to the words spoken aloud, everything in her life and the life of her sisters has changed forever.

In the morning in this house not just beautiful girls woke up, but powerful witches. Many years ago, when they were still very young, their grandmother - Penelope (Grams) - "tied" their strengths to save granddaughters and give them the opportunity to live a normal childhood, without magic and demons. But now, after her death, the forces returned to them.

Prudence Halliwell

Prue was the first of three girls born to Patricia Halliwell and Victor Bennett. From birth, she owned telekinesis, and this gift returned to her when she was already an adult. At school she was popular and very well studied. Since childhood, Prue has been a responsible girl. She liked to take pictures, but when their mother was killed by the Demon of Water, she abandoned her dream and began to think about providing younger sisters. The girl seriously engaged in the history of art and after a while began to work as an appraiser of art in the auction house Buckled.

After the death of her mother Prue developed a fear of water, she was afraid that her life would end exactly the same. With the return to the life of the sisters of magic, they all (and Prue in general) learn to overcome their fears and try to better understand themselves and their attachments. After one of the stories in which the sisters were ten years ahead, Prue saw herself as a tough careerist, a very wealthy woman, completely devoid of personal life. After this test, she decides to change her life and from the dream to make a reality: she became a photographer in the magazine.

When the forces return to the sisters, Prue here, as usual, takes care of the younger sisters and quickly becomes the most powerful and strong of the three of them.

The actress who realized Prue

The eldest sister Prudence in this series about good sisters-witches was played by well-known actress Shennen Doherty. She is a very bright person, known in Hollywood as a penchant for all sorts of scandals, nervousness and overestimating self-esteem, which often hampered her in her work. It won her that she had a bright, attractive appearance.

Actor's skill, too, in it abound, so the role of Prue Halliwell succeeded her as well as possible.

So why did Shannon Doherty leave the Charmed TV series? Once, with a huge scandal, she left her previous project about the boys from Beverly Hills. But when the decision was made to create a new series about witches, producer Aaron Spelling ventured to invite her to these shootings, because this story was very different from his previous projects. At first everything was more than good. But by the beginning of the second season around the figure Shannon there was a very serious tension.

Why Shannon Doherty left the Charmed, many months after that interested her fans. And it all began long before that day.

Laurie or Alice?

Initially, the producer for the role of Phoebe, the youngest of the sisters, approved actress Laurie Rom. But due to some reasons she was forced to refuse, despite the fact that the shooting process has already begun and even took off the pilot series, but then chose Alice Milano, who for several seasons and became Phoebe Halliwell.

By the way, and Shannon was auditioning for the role of middle sister - Piper, and Holly Mary Combs, who was invited to the project first, was supposed to play the younger. But over time, all outplayed. As a result, Holly became Piper, and Shannon became Prue.

Why Shannon Doherty left the "Enchanted"? In the beginning, everything was more than good. Girls who played sisters became friends in life. But everything has changed. From series to series, Milano won the hearts of the audience. This was especially noticeable when a new hero appeared on the screens - Cole. Their love - a strong sense of witch and demon - attracted a lot of attention to them. Now the admiration of the elder sister has abated slightly. But the average received it in full.

Official reasons for leaving

Doherty always loved to be in the spotlight - both in the frame and in life, so this situation did not suit her. Now the girls talked only in the frame. As soon as the shooting of the next series ended, they could even start a fight.

Now it's not so surprising why Shannon Doherty left the Charmed. But there was still a very important incentive to make scandals and fights with Alice. At the time that this series was filmed, Shannon had an affair with Julian McMahon, who played the role of Cole. And she could not restrain jealousy both to her beloved, and to her serial sister. Even the fact that Milano began to have more than friendly relations with a completely different actor, acting as the Guardian Angel of all the sisters, Brian Krause, did not diminish her jealousy.

Producer was tired of seeing all these squabbles and decided to remove Alice from the series. And she herself stated this, demanding to choose between her and Shannon. The plot of Phoebe's death was already prepared. Suddenly everything changed.

What happened and why did Shannon Doherty leave the "Enchanted", because the role of the older witch brought her unprecedented popularity?

One version is more loyal: Shannon offered a role in another film, and she agreed. The other was less prosaic.

The actress could no longer restrain her emotions, the scandals went beyond the film set. She was often detained for driving in a state of intoxication. The patience of the producers was running out. And then Milano delivered her ultimatum: either she, or Shannon. Since the popularity of Alice at that time surely went up the hill, and she did not make scandals, Spelling decided to leave it in the project. And for Doherty, they made the last courtesy by offering to choose the cause of the death of their character, and even to stage it.

The actress chose Prue's death at the hands of the demon Sheks (servant of the Master), whom the sisters could not all defeat.

So Shannon Doherty left the "Enchanted". The reasons were both professional and personal. And what exactly was outweighed, so it remains a mystery for the broad masses.