Holly Marie Combs got into a Twitter spat with the director of the Charmed reboot (Picture: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)

Charmed star Holly Marie Combs has told the director of the reboot to ‘suck it’ in an online spat.

Brad Silberling was speaking to a fan on Twitter about the reboot, which has recast the three sisters at the centre of the story.

The fan asked whether Brad would consider getting the original cast back on board if the reboot flops.

Brad replied saying that it was difficult to get the original cast on board, and ‘no buyers or financiers chose to pursue’ it.


Holly, who played Piper Halliwell in the original series, fired back a curt reply of: ‘That’s both inaccurate and untrue. But you do you boo.’

That’s both inaccurate and untrue. But you do you boo. — Holly Marie Combs (@H_Combs) May 19, 2018

Brad replied suggesting that Holly explain why a series with the original actresses hasn’t gone ahead.

Suck it Brad. Really. — Holly Marie Combs (@H_Combs) May 19, 2018

He said: ‘Well, no one is in a better position to share what is both accurate and true about why a reprise with you and your costars has not happened in all the intervening years – and perhaps that explanation would be the greatest gift you could give your faithful, who clearly crave it.’



Holly wasn’t having it, and tweeted back: ‘Suck it Brad. Really.’

He decided to make light of the situation in a later tweet, quote tweeting Holly’s words and commenting: ‘I got into a Twitter war with Holly Marie Combs, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.’

I got into a Twitter war with Holly Marie Combs, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt. pic.twitter.com/N9xjDHN9Vi — Brad Silberling (@BSilberling) May 20, 2018

Holly later decided to make her feelings clear in a statement after claiming she had been misquoted elsewhere.

She said: ‘Changed my mind. Let me say first that I appreciate the jobs and opportunities the Charmed reboot has created. But I will never understand what is fierce, funny or feminist in creating a show that basically says the original actresses are too old to do a job they 12 years ago.

‘I hope the new show is far better than the marketing so the true legacy does remain.

Holly with Rose McGowan and Alyssa Milano in Charmed (Picture: Warner Br/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)

‘Reboots fair better when they honour the original as opposed to taking shots at the original.

‘Reboots also do better when they listen to a still passionate fan base which is what it’s all about, isn’t it? That’s why we do reboots. The fans are why we all get to do what we do.

‘So we wish them well and hope for success.’

A new trailer for the reboot landed last week.

Nothing is stronger than the sisterhood. #Charmed is coming Sundays this fall to The CW! pic.twitter.com/K053xSHZZG — Charmed (@cw_charmed) May 17, 2018

The original series ran from 1998 to 2006 and charted how the witch sisters were drawn together by their power of three and their need to defeat all kinds of evil.

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