“Charmed” returns for its fourth season Friday night on The CW, introducing fans to a new Charmed one. And, according to series stars Sarah Jeffery and Melonie Diaz, her arrival is going to bring the best kind of chaos.
At the end of Season 3, Maggie (Jeffery) and Mel (Diaz) lost their sister Macy (Madeleine Mantock), as part of defeating the Whispering Evil. But, as they mourn her, the Guardian pops up to inform them that there’s another Charmed one to take Macy’s place — set to be played by Lucy Barrett — and they must find her. Maggie and Mel may be a bit skeptical, but for Jeffery and Diaz, welcoming new blood to the Power of Three has been a joy.
“It’s been really great,” Diaz told TheWrap. “You know, Lucy Barrett is a really positive, fun, loving human being off screen. And it just feels good to be around that. And I think you know, when you’re on a Season 4 of a show, I think it’s really nice to feel something different, it kind of spices it up and changes the dynamics, and I’ve had a lot of fun. And I think the scripts really tell that story, too. You know, there’s a lot of different characters and the girls are kind of dealing with their new relationships in a fun way. And I’m having a really, really good time with her.”
So, what exactly is the initiation ritual for a new Charmed one? Well, off screen, it involved just consciously making time for each other.
“We went to dinner, we made a point of like — sometimes when you’re on a busy show, and you have all these fittings and everything, it can be easy to be like, ‘No, I’m too tired,’” Jeffery said. “But we made a point of going and getting some drinks and just getting to know one another. She was coming in at season four. So we wanted to make sure that she felt like this is family. And yeah, we really are like family. It’s been so fun. I haven’t laughed so much ever.”
How exactly Barrett’s Charmed one ties in with the sisters on screen remains unclear, and Jeffrey notes that it will take a minute to figure out.
“It’s an ongoing process, kind of a trial and error,” Jeffery explained. “We think we have answers and then we don’t, and then we do, and then we don’t. And when we finally land on the answer, which I obviously can’t tell you, it’s beautiful.”
“Charmed” returns tonight on The CW at 8/7c.