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Paige Matthews is a fictional character from the American television series ''Charmed'', played by Rose McGowan from October 4, 2001 until May 21, 2006. The character was created by executive producer Brad Kern as a replacement for Prue Halliwell (Shannen Doherty), in favor of having "a fresh face" join the series. Paige is introduced in season four as the fiercely independent younger half-sister and another Charmed Oneone of the most powerful witches of all time. She had been the secret love child of the Halliwell sisters' mother Patty (Finola Hughes) and her whitelighter Sam Wilder (Scott Jaeck), making Paige both a witch and whitelighter. She was given up at birth and raised by her adoptive parents. At the beginning of season four, Paige goes on to help reconstitute The Charmed Ones by taking Prue's place in the Power of Three, following her death in the season three finale. Paige initially possesses the power to orb objects from one location to another through a vocal command. As the series progresses, Paige also receives the whitelighter powers of orbing herself and others, as well as sensing, glamouring, and healing. Paige's storylines have often revolved around her protecting innocents and defeating the forces of evil in San Francisco with her sisters. In the later seasons, she eventually receives her own whitelighter charges to train and protect as they learn witchcraft. Paige also has relationships with fellow-witch Richard Montana (Balthazar Getty) in season six, and FBI agent Kyle Brody (Kerr Smith) in season seven. In the eighth and final season, Paige marries a human parole officer named Henry Mitchell (Ivan Sergei). The character was mostly well-received by television critics, who complimented Paige's personality and felt that McGowan was the right choice for the role. McGowan won the Family Television Award for Favorite Sister in 2005 for her portrayal of Paige. In 2007, AOL TV ranked Paige at number 12 on their list of the Top TV Witches. In addition to the television series, the character has also appeared in numerous expanded universe material, such as the ''Charmed'' novels and its comic book adaptation. ==Casting and development== The character of Paige Matthews was conceived by executive producer Brad Kern as a replacement character for Prue Halliwell (Shannen Doherty). In May 2001, it was officially announced that Doherty would be departing ''Charmed''. The producers originally considered recasting the role of Prue with a different actress. Executive producer Aaron Spelling even approached actresses Tiffani Thiessen, who replaced Doherty on his previous series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', and Jennifer Love Hewitt to take on the role as Doherty's replacement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/litefoot/news/in_brief_2.htm#10 )〕 Spelling revealed to ''Entertainment Weekly'', "Tiffani was our first choice to take over for Shannen - even before we asked Jennifer (Hewitt ), but Tiffani told us she wants to do a half-hour comedy."〔 Hewitt also declined the role. Producers then decided to kill off the character of Prue and replace her with a long-lost younger sister in favor of having "a fresh face" join the series.〔 Spelling stated, "(character's ) going to be the long-lost sister Alyssa and Holly never knew () had. And wait until you see what we came up with to explain why she's been lost: Nobody ever knew she even existed."〔 Film actress Rose McGowan was later revealed to be cast in the role of Paige Matthews, her first role as a series regular on a television series. Kern stated, "From Paige's point of view, you go to bed one night, and you think you're a single child, and no one understands you. Then you wake up the next morning, and you find out you've got sisters who are witches, who've got supernatural powers, who have a destiny that you must now share and embrace, and you must learn your new powers." He later elaborated saying, "When we meet her, she will have been searching for many years, both for her birth parents, but also for an answer to that feeling that she's had inside of her that there's something special, there's something else that nobody has yet been able to understand and explain."〔 On casting McGowan in the role of Paige, Kern admitted, "Our personal hope was to find somebody that would be of Shannen's calibre, that would have the sexiness, the edge and the range. That, for the age range we were looking for, is hard to find. We said, 'We don't want somebody conventional. We don't want a shrinking violet. We don't want just another pretty face that smiles and has great teeth. We want somebody who has an attitude.' I think Rose definitely has an attitude, and that's an energy that we can take advantage of for the betterment of the show."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paige Matthews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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