'Charmed' Lives

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At least you knew they weren't going to come off...
MILANO Yeah, that's true. I was glad they were on there with surgical glue. But, yeah, being afraid of the water and being in the ocean in something where your legs are sort of bound together was pretty frightening.

How did they talk you into that, then?
MILANO I made the mistake of not reading the script until the week before we started shooting. I was like, ''You have the wrong sister! [Laughs] Y'all are nuts! I'm from Brooklyn. We don't have pools in Brooklyn. We have, like, fire hydrants!'' It was a very weird thing.

What can you tell us about the finale?
COMBS I'm probably not letting a whole bunch out of the bag, but pretty much every family member and guest star that we've had on the shows is coming back.... So that's something.

Shannen?
COMBS Well. [Smiles.] That's a completely different show. [Laughs.]

Julian McMahon (of Nip/Tuck, who played Phoebe's ex-hubby/demon Cole)?
McGOWAN He came back already for the 150th.
COMBS He said he would come back for the 200th [laughing] if there was one. Since there won't be, we may not see him. But it's a testament to the show that they all had such a good time.

Are you taking a break after this show is over?
McGOWAN I'm working right now.
COMBS I'm feeling an obligation to my small child to be a full-fledged mother.
MILANO I have, like, 35 film scripts in my condo and I haven't read any of them. I can't even attempt to, uh, think about it until I put this to rest and there's closure here.

Do you have a favorite power, or wish you had magic powers in real life?
McGOWAN This is really super pathetic to admit. But I'm always on airplanes, and I will spend many, many, many minutes sitting there fantasizing about having that power and all the things I would do and the places I could travel. I'm like, This is really lame, spending an inordinate amount of time fantasizing...
COMBS You know, I always petitioned [exec producer] Brad [Kern] for a demon-free episode, and I think, I haven't finished the last episode, but I think I may have finally got it. The witchcraft stuff is a great backdrop, but to me the show is always about the sisters and their relationships and going through life.

Do you think there are going to be some Charmed conventions coming up?
MILANO I hear that there are some happening in England.

Would you go to one?
MILANO Um, yeah, maybe. I never say never. Maybe if it's in, you know, Hawaii or something... New Zealand or some place exotic. Yeah.