No, it wasn’t just the magical powers that made the actress feel disconnected from her character.
There was something about Sabrina.
Hart, now 48, was 20 when the show first aired on ABC.
Melissa Joan Hart talks about “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.".Paul Morigi/Getty
Sabrina, a 16-year-old just learning that she had magical powers, was not like her.
“Not only was she younger than me, she didn’t want attention.
She wanted to be the wallflower,” Hart toldPEOPLE in an interview published Thursday.
Melissa Joan Hart stars in “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.".Viacom Productions/ Everett
“She didn’t know what to do with these magical abilities.
She felt very lost, and other people were trying to help her solve it.”
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Sabrina dealt with the same ups and downs of any high school student.
Being a witch brought additional problems.
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Hart was 15 when that show premiered.
“So it’s really a blurred line between me and Clarissa we were the exact same age.”
“We tried that, actually,” Hart said at'90s Conin March 2022, according toPEOPLE.
“Nickelodeon got a new president, and they kind of squashed the whole thing.
So it was actually in the works, and yeah, it just sort of disappeared.
So I don’t think [it will happen].”
“So I don’t know.
It wasn’t my favorite way in.”
