Caroline Rhea spent the better part of the late 90s bet Hilda Spellman , gonzo aunt and hag look after Sabrina , her teenaged niece . The role brought Rhea into millions of households every Friday nighttime and the actress defined the purpose for a coevals . Turns out , though , that she carry the Book of Job under less than idealistic lot .
Speaking toEntertainment Weeklyas part of a reunion particular at LA Comic Con , Rhea recalled how , initially , she planned on passing up the part until a particularly bad breakup with a beau led her to reconsider . Rhea was carry by Sabrina The Teenage Witch creator Nell Scovell explaining to her that Hilda was n’t simply a witch , she was a witch who ’d “ recently imprisoned the gentleman’s gentleman that did n’t love her in her ring . ”
“ And I was like , ‘ I ’ll do it ! ’ ” tell Rhea .
Though Hilda was the more serious of Sabrina ’s aunts in the original Archie comics , Rhea ’s take on the eccentric was unquestionably more impulsive and fancy - complimentary and Zelda , her sister , became the serious one on the show . It ’ll be interesting to see if the CW ’s coming Sabrina reboot decides to impart back those alternating versions of the fictitious character for their show .
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