Holly Marie Combs has nothing however form phrases for the younger Fairly Little Liars solid — and a few digs at her twentysomething self.

On a Charmed reunion panel with Rose McGowan at Sunday's 90s Con in Hartford, Conn., Combs described the expertise of shifting from the clever center sister, Piper Halliwell, on Charmed to the loving mom, Ella Montgomery, on Fairly Little Liars as "nice."

"And what," she continued, "it was sort of a mirror expertise, as a result of I received to look at the women undergo loads of what we did, and so they have been way more skilled than we have been," she joked.

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When requested by Sabrina the Teenage Witch alum Jenna Leigh Inexperienced, who moderated the panel, how she felt about considerably ageing up when she was solid 4 years after the Charmed finale because the mother to Lucy Hale's Aria Montgomery on Fairly Little Liars, Combs responded that she "embraced it."

"At that time, the community was infamous for casting young-looking dad and mom," she continued. "I used to be like, effectively, hey, I'd relatively have folks say, 'She seems to be too younger to be Lucy Hale's mother,' than say, 'Oh, she received outdated.'"

Combs' character was the mom to a few youngsters by the point Charmed went off the air in 2006. The primary, Wyatt, was born on a 2003 episode, which means her eldest was solely 3 years outdated when Charmed wrapped. When Combs confirmed again up on Fairly Little Liars' first season simply 4 years later as Ella Montgomery, she was the mom to a daughter of about 16.

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Combs was in good firm among the many dad and mom of Rosewood, Pa., the fictional setting for Fairly Little Liars' seven seasons of backstabbings and betrayals. Melrose Place star Laura Leighton performed Ashley Marin, mom to Ashley Benson's Hanna Marin; fellow Melrose Place resident, actor Byron Lowe, performed Combs' character's husband; and Days of Our Lives and Normal Hospital star Nia Peeples performed Pam Fields, the mom to Shay Mitchell's Emily Fields.

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