Holly heeft een intervie gehad met The AU Review, tijdens haar bezoek aan de Supanova conventie in Australi\u00eb vorige maand.<\/p>\n
For the last seven years, Holly Marie Combs has been connecting with TV viewers as Ella Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars. Mother of show lead Aria (Lucy Hale), Combs has been part of the seemingly never-ending mystery drama and its twists and turns up until only recently, when the show wrapped on filming its final season.<\/p>\n
Out in Australia for Supanova, she feels bittersweet about the show\u2019s end, but notes that she\u2019s been lucky to be a part of such a successful franchise. Of course, to many of us, Combs will always be Piper Halliwell, one of the Charmed three; she definitely knows what it\u2019s like to see a show out with an enduring legacy ready to be left behind.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did a show for eight years and I was able to be part of this one for seven \u2013 I couldn\u2019t ask for more.\u201d Combs says. \u201cIt\u2019s nice, especially with this show, to go out when people are still interested in it and still really want to watch it, as opposed to having it fade away into obscurity! It\u2019s nice and it\u2019s sad at the same time, but I get to see Lucy when out in Australia, so we can pretend like it\u2019s not over just yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
For fans who might be in denial that Pretty Little Liars is finally coming to a conclusion, with questions and threads set to be tied up after so long, don\u2019t worry \u2013 Combs and the cast were in just as much disbelief too.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wrapped last month and we\u2019re like, \u201cIt can\u2019t be over, it can\u2019t be!\u201d\u201d she laughs. \u201cFor the audience it isn\u2019t yet, because we don\u2019t premiere here until next January, I think. They get to see the last half of the season and the ending that everyone\u2019s been waiting for for seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s painfully addictive,\u201d she adds. \u201cI totally understand; all I can say is that the pay off at the end will be very much worth the wait. I think people will be very satisfied and hopefully still wanting more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though some actors might shirk at the idea of being tied down to multiple franchises at a time at the risk of typecasting, Combs has instead relished the opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always nicer to be on a long running show than a short running show, which there seems to be a lot of these days.\u201d she admits. I\u2019ve been incredibly lucky; I\u2019m very aware of it and I don\u2019t expect much more. Especially when my kids are older and not in need of me as much, I always have a tendency to want to work as much as I possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was such a big part of my life that it doesn\u2019t seem like it was that long ago.\u201d Combs says of the importance of Charmed, even now, ten years on. \u201cIt\u2019s still very much at the forefront of many peoples\u2019 lives and consciousnesses that doing stuff like these conventions really does bring it to my attention that people do still watch it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Having jumped from one female-dominated cast to another and being in a position to watch a similar group dynamic go through their paces as she did has been an interesting experience, Combs explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been nice to watch the girls grow up on the show, much in the same way that I did with the girls on Charmed.\u201d she says. \u201cThey came on to the show as mature as could be, which was fascinating for me; they were all very professional and all very dedicated to the success of the show. The wide success of the show is testament to their efforts and how much energy they put into their characters and how much care I. Marlene King put into the storylines. It translated and it was nice to be part of something so successful and those girls definitely deserve the credit for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
When it comes to meeting fans at events like Supanova, Combs takes me through what\u2019s become a normal experience for her, now she\u2019s got as many Pretty Little Liars fans approaching her as she does the Charmed diehards.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very funny,\u201d she says. \u201cThe Charmed fans and the ones who watch Pretty Little Liars, they yell at me because I was not in it enough, as if it was under my control! Then there\u2019s the core of Pretty Little Liars fans who are like, \u201cYou\u2019re Aria\u2019s Mom,\u201d \u2013 Ella doesn\u2019t even have a name, I\u2019m just \u2018Aria\u2019s Mom\u2019. They\u2019re like, \u201cI didn\u2019t know you played in a show before about witches,\u201d and I\u2019m always like, \u201c\u2026Really?!\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s so funny to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing about the two shows is that there are generations who watch it together; younger sisters will sit with older sisters or daughters will watch it with mums or daughters and sons will watch it with dads. Even grandparents. It\u2019s always surprising to me and it\u2019s funny to hear their stories, where people will be watching Charmed and little kids will go, \u201cThat\u2019s Ella!\u201d and the older person will go, \u201cNo \u2013 that\u2019s Piper.\u201d They argue about which character they associate me with more, which is great. That means I did my job correctly!\u201d<\/p>\n
While Combs and her on-screen daughter Hale linked up for panels in Brisbane and have been meeting Pretty Little Liars fans throughout the last weekend (Adelaide is up next this weekend), Charmed fans also have the opportunity to see Combs reunite with her on-screen Charmed hubby, Brian Krause. It\u2019s not the first time the two have hit the convention circuit together and when it comes to the enduring investment fans have put into the fictional relationship of Piper and Leo, Combs is still slightly dumbfounded.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always astounding to me how many women are in love with Leo,\u201d she laughs. \u201cBecause Brian and I were friends for a really long time before we did the show, manufacturing some romantic chemistry was a little difficult for me because he\u2019s like my brother. I really didn\u2019t think people would believe in it all that much but man, when I see these girls just start crying and shaking over him, I look at him and go, \u201cI must have made you look really good, because these women cannot get over you,\u201d \u2013 It\u2019s amazing how that aspect of the show has stood the test of time! There are so many people who want pictures with Piper and Leo and it makes me laugh every time, because our relationship is very platonic and we very much give each other a hard time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jokes aside, the longevity of the show definitely isn\u2019t lost on Combs and connecting with the amount of fans she\u2019s been able to over the past few years alone has offered up some special, memorable experiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt [Charmed] became of personal importance to people that I just never anticipated,\u201d she explains. \u201cI was always just trying to make it the best and most believable I could, which was not easy, especially with our special effects and the things they dreamed up for us to portray to the world. It was a concern of mine to keep it grounded in reality as much as we could and have the relationships be real and the family life be real; I never anticipated the effect it would have on people and families and the bonding effect it had on people\u2019s families it still does. It surprises me every time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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