Hilarie Burton Morgan talks about her experience at One Tree Hill the reboot is already different from the filming of the original series.
The actress, 42, tells PEOPLE that working with a female-led team “this twist” proved to be a healthier experience than the original series.
“What I can say is that this turnaround, being able to work with a team of women and seeing these stories [and] these characters through a female lens is something that — whether I’m doing a reboot or a brand new series or another film at this stage in my life, female teamwork is something that’s vital to me,” she says, discussing her partnership with Olly to launched their new supplements Mellow Menopause.
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Daneel Ackles, Hilarie Burton, Sophia Bush and Bevin Prince.
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Burton continues of the reboot, which she and Sophia Bush spearheaded, “It’s the core of everything I’ve done that’s been successful. So I’m excited to team up with people that I look up to, people that she loves very much.”
Burton, who played Peyton Sawyer for six seasons on the hit teen drama series, adds that the “stories” she wants to tell at this “stage” in her life are “very different than they were when I was 20,” and that perspective also influences to reboot.
“It definitely affects how you tell stories,” she says.
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Burton also discussed news of the reboot that “leaked” in August, surprising both her and Bush, 42. However, she says “the most beautiful thing is seeing the positive reaction from fans to it and all our friends from the show commenting on the posts and just showing enthusiasm, because obviously we want Netflix to greenlight it.”
Earlier this week, Bush, who played Burton’s BFF Brooke Davis, also opened up about the leaked news about her Drama queens podcast.
“Do I wish the news hadn’t leaked before we could make it official? Sure. But if it does, I’ll be so fucking proud, just like we said, that every person can bring their expertise to the table now,” she said. .
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Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton in ‘One Tree Hill’ season 5. Everett
Bush also revealed that talks about a potential restart have been going on for “almost half a decade.”
“We were able to divide and rule in the coolest way. And those of us with TV production experience are having really exciting conversations,” she said.
News of the reboot comes nearly seven years after Burton and Bush were among 18 former wives of cast and crew who accused One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment.
“The behavior of Mark Schwahn during the shooting of the film One Tree Hill was something of an ‘open secret,'” the women wrote in a letter in November 2017. “Many of us were, to varying degrees, psychologically and emotionally manipulated. More than one of us is still undergoing treatment for post-traumatic stress. Many of us were put in uncomfortable positions and had to quickly learn to fight back, sometimes physically, because it was made clear to us that the supervisors in the room were not the protectors they should be.”
“They spoke to many of us in a variety of ways, from deeply upsetting, to traumatizing, to downright illegal,” they continued. “A few of us have been put in positions where we feel physically unsafe. More than one woman on our show has had her career threatened.”
Schwahn has never spoken about any of the allegations, but was later removed from his role as showrunner for the E! Royal after a group of 25 female cast and crew members of the show released a joint letter claiming that Schwahn “felt inclined to abuse his power and influence in the environment in which he had it over women who felt they were not.”
“This manifested itself in the repeated unwanted sexual harassment of multiple female members of the cast and crew,” the letter reads.
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