Jessica Biel explains being afraid of ‘7th Heaven’ sister Beverley Mitchell

Jessica Biel and Beverley Mitchell didn’t just play sisters on 7th Heaven, they acted like them behind the camera, too.

Biel was “secretly a little afraid of Beverley” when they worked on the series, the actress recently said on the Catching Up With the Camdens podcast, hosted by Biel’s former TV siblings Mitchell, David Gallagher, and Mackenzie Rosman,

Biel explained this fear as an exclusive to InStyle in a new interview, saying, “I say this with all the love in the world — because I love her — She was tough, man…. I pushed her buttons. It was such a sisterly relationship. I think I did it because I looked up to her and I loved her. We got under each other’s skin in the best way possible.”

But, even still, she told the outlet of her 7th Heaven time, “What I remember most, probably, is the camaraderie of all the kids.” The family-friendly drama followed a Protestant minister and his wife as they dealt with the challenges of raising 7 children. It originally aired for 11 seasons, from 1996 to 2007, beginning on the WB before finally moving to the CW in its final season.

Biel, who played eldest sister Mary, told InStyle that starring on the show from such a young age — she was 14 when she originated the role — taught her so much about working in Hollywood.

“The ability to have that longevity and stamina, that’s a huge part of what I can do kind of easily, because it’s what I did ever since I was little,” she explained. “I definitely work with people now who talk about, ‘Man, these hours are long’ and ‘Man, this is a long schedule.’ And I’m like, ‘Is it?'”

Elsewhere on the podcast, Mitchell, Gallagher, and Rosman goaded Biel into retelling an embarrassing story from set.

“Honestly, I was just waiting. Waiting,” Biel told them. “You know what I was gonna say? I was gonna say, ‘Oh, yeah, the camaraderie between us all’ and how we just had such a nice, warm place to go to work as kids. No. All right. You want to hear about the real dirt of what happened?”

She continued, “I popped the clutch in my parents’ Subaru when I had my learner’s permit — not my real license — and flew backward, reversed into Mackenzie’s school trailer, and busted it off its supports, the trailer supports. Broke the computer. The computer got smashed. My parents’ car got smashed, and I almost hit my brother.”

In addition to Mitchell and Biel, the family drama also starred Barry Watson, Catherine Hicks, Gallagher, Rosman, and twins Nikolas and Lorenzo Brino as the Camdens, as well as now-disgraced Stephen Collins — who, in 2014, admitted to sexually abusing underage women. Hayley Duff, Tyler Hoechlin, Ashlee Simpson, and brothers George and Geoff Stults all had recurring roles.

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A reboot of the series is currently in early development at CBS Studios, per Variety, with Anthony Sparks serving as executive producer and showrunner, and Biel executive producing. Details are scarce, but the report claims none of the original cast would appear on the new series.