With the Reporter and Daniel Taylor
18/01/09
Alongside tonight's rerun of the third episode of 'The Entertainment Network's' headline show, Charmed: Reset Reality – we are exclusively joined by Network President and series show runner, Daniel Taylor.
THE REPORTER: Thank you for taking time out of tonight's schedule to join us, Daniel. Tell us how your feeling about CRR's much anticipated run on TEN?
DANIEL TAYLOR: Unlike the other shows we are running her the Entertainment Network, Charmed: Reset Reality has already been airing over on it's own independent network and of the four current headliners, it's the oldest too. I put the idea together in the Summer of 2006 and built a staff around me from pretty much, day one; airing our first episode on October 1st of the same year we've done really well to have come this far. Not many shows last three to fours years and the only real exceptions will be found over at Monster Zero Productions with shows like Slayer Academy and Somewhere In Between.
REPORTER: You said you built a staff around you, how influential are they to the running of the show?
TAYLOR: While the final decision would come down to me, I wouldn't do anything that would directly against the staff's will, they all do so much for this show and it really wouldn't be here without them. I am not going to lie and say I've written every episode, far from it – I've written only a few a season and I'm quite happy to let our Head Writer, Camille take charge. Her understanding of the parent show is far beyond mine and as far as writing goes, she is one of the best in the field.
REPORTER: Other than Camille, who else works on the show?
TAYLOR: Originally the show was run by five individuals including Camille and myself. We also had Esmerelda who had to drop out of the project due to certain disagreements behind the scenes but even today her opinion is very much appreciated, she knows a lot about the series and we really value what she has to say. Then there's Xenith, he's always done the odd jobs, if you like – putting together the website, beta reading the scripts as well as the general production that goes into the show. He's great for bouncing ideas off and he really goes into a lot of details and if there's a fault or a flaw, he'll find it. Finally we have Jackie Drama, who has played an absolutely crucial role – not only does she post the episodes up, edit the scripts and keep the CRR community active, she also motivates us as a team and that's so important!
REPORTER: Onto characters, who is your personal favourite and how well do you think you have crafted that character?
TAYLOR: I have two actually, one is from the original series and the other is an original character. Firstly, Phoebe has easily been my favourite character of CRR – I believe that we've captured her character perfectly and developed her personality and really dug into her emotions. We kept the baby Pheebs that we all knew in loved in the early series of the parent show but then helped her mature as a character without turning her into Freebie.
As far as original character's go – it has to Matt. Some people will kill me for that choice but he's my baby and I think we've done a great job at fleshing him out and making him a really worthy character, unlike some men from the parent show – he does have flaws, he does do stuff that will make the audience shout at their screens while at the same time being the handsome, charming man that he is. And we couldn't of picked a better actor in Shawn Christian either!
REPORTER: Favourite episode?
TAYLOR: For me, it's still Destiny Takes a Halliwell. We've done really well at competing with the quality of that episode but so far, nothing has topped it. Some viewers will disagree, they're people out there that dislike the direction we sent that character down and though they can't fault the episode as a whole, that decision wasn't welcome by everyone. But for me, it was perfect choice – it did revert back to the shows roots, three sisters who happen to be witches, the Charmed Ones.
REPORTER: Well thank you for our brief chat and I hope the rest of the series is as successful as what we've already seen. Thank you again and good night.
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