CHRIS: How'd you know I'd be here? 
Post by Elizabeth Turner on Feb 14, 2015 20:10:14 GMT
From the Ask Brad! feature of the Charmed Magazine (Issue #17):
I actually would’ve been interested in seeing how this played out. Especially if it meant atleast one person might be supporting Cole after the whole Source fiasco.
''One storyline we had wanted to do, in the beginning of the fifth year, involved Julian McMahon's character, Cole. Paige and Cole were going to start having feeling for each other. That was going to create some sisterly strife, obviously, between Paige and Phoebe.
What we wanted to play was what happens when sisters fall in love with one of the other sister's lovers? How does the sister that is falling for the other sister's lover feel about it? What does she do about those feelings? Does she suppress them? Does she act on them? What would Phoebe's reaction be? Would she talk to Piper about it?
It was part of our constant effort to keep looking for internal conflict, things to play between the sisters. That's what the show, at its core, was always about. That was one storyline I found intriguing to play out. It was dicey and provocative and it started out in the mermaid episode.
There's a scene, that's actually in the show, where Paige casts a spell to find out what Cole's true feelings are, to find out if he really, truly loves Phoebe. In the script, he ended up kissing her because he felt so strongly about Phoebe, but when he kissed Paige she felt something and she reacted to that.
That was supposed to be the beginning of that arc. It would have been very provocative, very chancy, I think, and pretty volatile. When I sent the pages down to the set it took all three girls less than a second to call me and say, "No way are we playing that." I understood; it was really risky, but we were heading towards our 100th episode and I wanted to play honest things that happen between sisters, and that felt like an honest thing to play. But there was no way the girls were going to let that happen.'
What we wanted to play was what happens when sisters fall in love with one of the other sister's lovers? How does the sister that is falling for the other sister's lover feel about it? What does she do about those feelings? Does she suppress them? Does she act on them? What would Phoebe's reaction be? Would she talk to Piper about it?
It was part of our constant effort to keep looking for internal conflict, things to play between the sisters. That's what the show, at its core, was always about. That was one storyline I found intriguing to play out. It was dicey and provocative and it started out in the mermaid episode.
There's a scene, that's actually in the show, where Paige casts a spell to find out what Cole's true feelings are, to find out if he really, truly loves Phoebe. In the script, he ended up kissing her because he felt so strongly about Phoebe, but when he kissed Paige she felt something and she reacted to that.
That was supposed to be the beginning of that arc. It would have been very provocative, very chancy, I think, and pretty volatile. When I sent the pages down to the set it took all three girls less than a second to call me and say, "No way are we playing that." I understood; it was really risky, but we were heading towards our 100th episode and I wanted to play honest things that happen between sisters, and that felt like an honest thing to play. But there was no way the girls were going to let that happen.'
I actually would’ve been interested in seeing how this played out. Especially if it meant atleast one person might be supporting Cole after the whole Source fiasco.
I wonder