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Hayden Panettiere’s Team Discussed an ‘Intervention’ Before Her Death, Says Director of One of Her Final Movies: ‘I Got Asked to Participate’

Variety · August 20, 2026 at 9:58 AM

Hayden Panettiere’s Team Discussed an ‘Intervention’ Before Her Death, Says Director of One of Her Final Movies: ‘I Got Asked to Participate’

Griff Furst, who directed one of Hayden Panettiere’s final films before her shocking death Sunday at 36, said that her team had asked him to participate in an intervention after they filmed his 2025 movie, “A Breed Apart.” “When I think about this, it’s not just a Hayden story.

I grew up on movie sets […]

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