Fans saw a somewhat different Gabrielle in the fourth season. The star was shorn. Lucy's body double had passed this magazine picture around the makeup department. And I jumped on it immediately. Of course, there were many people within the production who protested the idea of Gabrielle losing her golden fleece, but I thought it was a bold move.
Fans protest, but only after the fact.
Once the hair is gone, there's no going back. And whenever I was on the set, there was silence. I didn't look real at all anymore. I looked like a doll. It's really interesting because my character had grown up so quickly during the whole India story arc, that no one would believe how different I was in my old Gabrielle uniform.