Conjuring up some magic on Charmed

On a brighter note, Rose McGowan was offered a two-year contract on the hit WB series Charmed as the long lost witch sister Paige Matthews and she took up on it. Her contract kept getting renewed and every year it did she would cry. Rose said that the biggest positives about starring in a TV series included the steady pay and being able to follow the character for such a long period of time. She was also proud of the fact that Charmed still remains one of the longest running female-run shows. "The coolest thing is that I'm very pro-women and certainly not afraid to call myself a feminist, unlike a lot of women these days. It is not a remotely dirty word and what the best thing about Charmed is that it is completely pro-women, strong women. It might be high heels and mini-skirts but you're still kicking somebody's ass." Most of all, it caused Rose personal growth and gave her the kind of family that she never really had growing up. "Charmed has probably caused more personal growth than I would have thought. I was an extremely undisciplined person. If I didn't like something, I would move. If I didn't like a city, I would leave. Having to work without those parameters... I suppose it is more adult."

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Two years turned into a five-year tour-de-force performance for Rose McGowan and 2006 marked the end for Charmed. The final episode, Forever Charmed, aired on 21st May and gave a happy ending to Paige Matthews and her witchy sisters.