Director Says Hayden Panettiere's Team Weighed Intervention Before 36-Year-Old Star's Death
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Updated · Variety · Aug 20
Director Says Hayden Panettiere's Team Weighed Intervention Before 36-Year-Old Star's Death
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Aug 20
Summary
Griff Furst said Hayden Panettiere’s team asked him to join an intervention after filming 2025 movie “A Breed Apart,” but he said it never happened, at least not to his knowledge.
Furst said Panettiere had been fighting to stay sober and that concerns grew from what he observed on set, where he said productions can only adjust schedules, document issues and assign support staff.
South Carolina police are still investigating Panettiere’s death after finding the 36-year-old unresponsive in a Greenville apartment Sunday, with no signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances.
DEA agents have joined the case, and dispatch audio cited by People included references to an “overdose” and “cardiac arrest”; an official cause of death awaits autopsy results.
Furst framed the episode as part of a broader Hollywood pattern, saying child actors and other stars often fail to get help before their struggles become public tragedies.