Rose McGowan says Charmed executives checked her weight each season

According to Movieweb, Rose McGowan said on the We Need to Talk podcast that executives at The WB would "circle around me to check my weight" when she returned to Charmed.

McGowan, who played Paige Matthews from 2001 to 2006 and appeared in 112 episodes across Seasons 4 to 8, alleged moments of "extreme discrimination" from higher-ups. She said the behaviour felt like "inspecting their product" and added that there was "no chill with it," saying studios now only "pay lip service to being different." She also told podcaster Paul Carrick Brunson that when she asked if smoking weed on set would cost her the job, she was told, "If you go work at a pharmacy, we'll sue you. No matter what job you get, we'll take your wages for the rest of your life, and then we'll go after your family."

McGowan additionally spoke to Scream Obsessed about her earlier role as Tatum Riley in the 1996 film Scream and said the script compelled her to take the part; the source notes the franchise has since spawned multiple sequels, including Scream 7, due for release next month.

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Culture, Rose Mcgowan, Charmed, The Wb, Paige Matthews, Paul Carrick Brunson