mythologically accurate charmed reimagining :
rachel weisz as prudence ‘prue’ halliwell kate beckinsale as piper halliwell anne hathaway as phoebe halliwell tom hiddleston as leonardo ‘leo’ wyatt / vehuel, a principality joseph gordon-levitt as cole turner / belial christian bale as andrew ‘andy’ trudeau jake gyllenhaal as coop idris elba as darryl morris miranda richardson as penelope ‘penny’ halliwell olivia williams as patricia ‘patty’ halliwell jake cherry as young wyatt halliwell aaron taylor-johnson as older wyatt halliwell devon bostick as perry freeman / chris halliwell jude law as ba’al, the sixth king of inferno eva green as lilith, the dark mother morgan freeman as zadkiel, leader of the dominions vanessa redgrave as uriel, seraph of hope and persistance naomie harris as medea / the seer fiona shaw as catherine halligan, headmistress of the irish academy of magic charlize theron as eve, the mother of humanity doug jones as samael, the pale rider and angel of death
a reimagining of based on the initial storyline and lore of charmed, though changes, subtracts, adds and complicates it with respect to real-world mythology and lore. the sisters come from a long line of witches who worship the powers of the ancient mother goddess, whose family originated from england though eventually traveled to the americas during the colonial period where they lived through and endured the witch trials which took the life of their most honored matriarch: melinda warren. though both prue and phoebe moved away from their family home early into adulthood, piper remained behind to care for their ailing grandmother up until her death, which brought the remaining two sisters back home and leads to their discovery of their family heritage, kept from them at the behest of their deceased mother.
note: to be quite honest i don’t expect this to be received positively but i’m a sucker for accurate mythology and found it disconcerting that the show strayed from its mythological roots after season one. i also took this as a chance to redo some of the aspects i felt were oddly executed or didn’t fit particularly well into the universe.
