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Piper Halliwell is a fictional character from the American television series ''Charmed'', played by Holly Marie Combs from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006. The character was created by Constance M. Burge, who based Piper on her second-oldest sister Edie Burge. Piper is introduced into the series as the middle sister to Prue (Shannen Doherty) and Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano). She is one of the original featured leads and, more specifically, a Charmed Oneone of the most powerful witches of all time. Piper initially possesses the power to freeze her surrounding environment. As the series progresses, she also receives the power to cause evil beings or objects to spontaneously explode using her hands. During the first three seasons, Piper is portrayed as the "sweet", "sensitive middle sister", and peacemaker of the group as she often attempts to keep the peace between her two sisters. Piper later becomes the eldest sister after Prue dies and the series introduces their younger half-sister Paige Matthews (Rose McGowan). Piper's storylines have often revolved around her protecting innocents and defeating the forces of evil in San Francisco with her sisters, as well as leading a normal life as a chef for a restaurant and later as the owner of a nightclub. Piper's central love interest throughout the series is Leo Wyatt (Brian Krause), the sisters' whitelightera guardian angel for good witches. After the pair temporarily split in season two, a love triangle forms between Piper, Leo and her neighbor Dan Gordon (Greg Vaughan). Piper and Leo eventually marry in season three, and later have a son named Wyatt in season five. They separate again at the end of season five, and Piper starts dating other men in the subsequent season. However, Piper and Leo reconnect towards the end of season six, resulting in a second son named Chris. The character received a positive reception from television critics, who praised Combs' performance as Piper and her relationship with Leo. Combs garnered various awards and nominations for her portrayal of Piper. In 2007 and 2008, AOL TV ranked Piper third on their list of the Top TV Witches, behind Samantha Stephens from ''Bewitched'' and Willow Rosenberg from ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. In 2011, she was ranked sixth on E! Online's list of the Top 10 Most Bitchin' 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== In 1998, The WB began searching for a drama series, and looked to Spelling Television, which had produced the network's most successful series ''7th Heaven'', to create it. Expanding on the popularity of supernatural-themed dramas, the production company explored forms of mythology to find mythological characters they could focus on with contemporary storytelling.〔"Genesis" Documentary, ''Charmed'': The Complete Final Season Region 1 DVD〕 In order to create the series, Constance M. Burge was hired as the creator as she was under contract with 20th Century Fox and Spelling Television after conceiving the drama ''Savannah''.〔 The character of Piper Halliwell was conceived by Burge, who wrote the pilot script for ''Charmed''. The pilot script was based around three mismatched sisters〔 who are initially based on Burge and her two older sisters, Laura and Edie Burge. Piper is based on Burge's second-oldest sister Edie.〔 On creating Piper, Burge stated "The middle sibling typically tends to be a real people pleaser and very funny, tends to deal with life with a lot of humour. That really applied to my sister, Edie and so I could see the character of Piper (her )."〔 Executive producer Brad Kern stated that Piper was written into the series as "the middle sister just trying to keep the peace, trying to find love, trying to find her career, and trying to keep Prue and Phoebe from killing each other."〔 When the series was in its first development stages, executive producer Aaron Spelling had always known who he wanted for the role of Prue, Shannen Doherty, an actress from a previous Spelling Television series, ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. Doherty already devoted to the project pitched the idea of her best friend for the role of Piper Halliwell, former ''Picket Fences'' actress Holly Marie Combs. Doherty played the role of Prue in a 28-minute test pilot (the "unaired pilot", never aired on television) alongside Combs and actress Lori Rom who played the youngest sister Phoebe Halliwell. By the time ''Charmed'' aired on The WB, Rom had been replaced by former ''Who's the Boss'' actress Alyssa Milano.〔 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「Piper Halliwell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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