The young star of Madame is servedAlyssa Milano, revealed that the writers of the series were inspired by her real life to develop her character, Samantha Micelli.
It is sometimes said that reality meets fiction. And this is exactly what he experienced Alyssa Milano in her younger years while playing the role of Samantha in Madame is servedthe cult series to (re)watch on TF1+. Before playing the emblematic role of Phoebe Halliwell in Charmedand to come into conflict with her partner Shannen Doherty, whose dismissal she had been accused of, Alyssa Milano was already a well-known face on the small screen. The actress was just 11 years old when she was cast to star alongside Tony Danza, Judith Light, Danny Pintauro and Katherine Helmond in Madame is servedarrived on the screens in 1984. While the reboot of the cult series bringing together Alyssa Milano and Tony Danza was canceled, the actress revealed that her role was very close to her in life. And for good reason, the screenwriters were inspired by what happened to the actress growing up to develop her character.
Madame is served : “When I started getting breasts…“, Alyssa Milano shares an anecdote from filming the cult series
“A lot of Sam was based on who I was as a kid“, Alyssa Milano told People during an interview for her Broadway debut in Chicago, describing herself as “a child who loved sports, a tomboy, a person who loved her family, with a strong and feisty temperament” and adding that the writers were inspired to write Sam’s evolution from “everything that happened during my adolescence.”One memory in particular came back to him,”I remember when I started getting breasts, I came in the next week and there was a storyline called “Sam’s First Bra“. “It was like everything that happened in my life, they wrote it into the show” concludes the actress.
Madame is served : “I love them“, Alyssa Milano confides that her partners in the series were like a real family
This proximity between her personal life and the filming of the series had the effect for Alyssa Milano of feeling like a real family with her playing partners. The 51-year-old actress was and remained very close to Tony Danza, Judith Light and Danny Pintauro after the series ended in 1992 after 8 seasons. “No one understands this experience but us. It was a truly unique team.” she added, “When you’re on a show for eight years, in those formative years between the ages of 11 and 19… what you saw on TV was our tribe. We were a family, I love them very much, and they will always be a very big part of what made me the woman I became..”
