Brian Krause, Dorian Gregory and Shannen Doherty That’s4Entertainment/Kristin Locurto; Inset: Getty Photographs
Charmed costars Brian Krause and Dorian Gregory will always remember their late costar Shannen Doherty, who died earlier this yr.
“My first day of assembly Shannen for me was private,” Gregory, 53, completely instructed Us Weekly at ‘90s Con on Friday, September 13. “I come from a robust home of ladies and [I remember] the energy and the knowledge and the heat that Shannen greeted me with initially.”
He added, “I got here across the nook. I heard Shannen and Holly [Marie Combs] laughing and [they had so much] confidence and pleasure. It was an actual chuckle. They shared such a novel bond.”
Doherty performed Prue Halliwell on The WB’s Charmed, which ran between 1998 and 2008. Combs, 50, and Alyssa Milano performed her youthful sisters, Piper and Phoebe. (Rose McGowan later portrayed their half-sibling, Paige, throughout season 4 after Doherty’s exit.) Gregory, for his half, took on the position of police officer Darryl Morris, who grew to become a key ally in protecting the Halliwell sisters’ magical secret.
The Charmed solid is mourning the dying of Shannen Doherty, who died on the age of 53 following a most cancers battle. “A real lion coronary heart. What a warrior,” Rose McGowan wrote by way of Instagram touch upon Sunday, July 14. “Your daddy is holding his finest lady now. Like to your mama, your canine and all who […]
From the second Gregory met Doherty, he felt comfortable on set.
“I got here in for my introductory of like, ‘Hey, I’m Dorian,’ and Shannen made me really feel snug [and] at residence,” Gregory gushed. “That was my first cherished reminiscence [of her].”
Gregory was among the many Charmed stars to attend this weekend’s ‘90s Con in Daytona Seaside, Florida. Whereas talking with Us on the pink carpet, Krause, 55, additionally mirrored on Doherty’s legacy and the way she cemented his position on the present. (Krause performed Leo Wyatt, the love curiosity to Combs’ Piper.)
“I used to be instructed the doable love curiosity was the factor after which at one level I had powers and I assumed, ‘Oh my God, it’s over for me. Everybody [with] energy dies.’ After which Shannen mentioned, ‘No, you’re an excellent man,’” Krause recalled. “And I’m like, ‘I’m.’ So then that grew to become ‘You’re a whitelighter, you then grew to become this and you then’re evil and you then’re not, and you then’re the dad.’ It’s, like, wonderful what it grew to become.”
Previous to her July 2024 dying, Shannen Doherty made a reputation for herself in movie and tv. The actress, born in Memphis in April 1971, began her profession as a baby star on Little Home on the Prairie and went on to look at the hours of darkness comedic movie Heathers. Doherty’s fame continued to develop after […]
He added, “There’s elements of it that I didn’t love, however loads of content material there and I like being the nice man [and there’s] at all times the by line of the stable ethical message of ‘Do the appropriate factor and good issues occur.’”
Gregory and Krause — who had been joined by costar Drew Fuller on Friday — additionally loved sharing their set recollections with Charmed followers at ‘90s Con.
“It means every little thing,” Gregory gushed. “There’s no correct phrase that basically conveys the significance of this. We grew up collectively and that is one thing that you may by no means predict. So far as the place we at the moment are, we’re 20-plus years later [and] I like seeing individuals time and again. I like the household that we’ve created over many years with my Charmed household.”
Krause, in the meantime, asserted that he’s “simply so grateful” to have been on Charmed and that followers nonetheless take pleasure in it.
“The truth that it nonetheless carries on and resonates, I believe it simply says a lot in regards to the work the women did [and] their connectivity to at least one one other and what they introduced ahead,” Krause instructed Us. “It’s wonderful to listen to these tales, ‘I watched it with my mother or my sister,’ or, ‘This was me and my grandpa. We watched it.’ [There’s] simply so many tales of the way it grew to become part of their childhood or now their maturity with their youngsters.”
He added, “I believe it simply speaks to the chemistry that ladies had and what they put forth and the message of the present.”
With reporting by Kat Pettibone