Hayden Panettiere: team planned intervention before the actress' death

Actress Hayden Panettiere dies at age 36 The team that worked with Hayden Panettiere considered intervention due to drug abuse before her death. The revelation was made by director Griff Furst, who worked with the actress on the feature film "A Breed Apart" (2025). Hayden Panettiere died at the age of 36 after a cardiac arrest this Sunday (16). The conditions of his death are still under investigation. In a video published on his Instagram profile, Furst recalled the moment he was called by Hayden's family to help with the situation. "When we wrapped filming, I continued to contact her team, and what was ultimately determined was that she might need an intervention. I was asked to participate, and I said yes." Still according to the director, the idea did not go ahead. He reported details of the atmosphere on set with the actress and criticized her boyfriend, Brian Hickerson. "And I wasn't in South Carolina [where Hayden died], I don't know what happened, but what I'm going to say is my opinion, and it's just about what I saw on my own set: someone struggling to stay sober, who deserved better company around her than what I observed." Addiction to drugs and alcohol Hayden Panettiere died this Sunday (16), aged 36 REUTERS In 2022, the actress had revealed in an interview with People magazine an addiction to drugs and alcohol that almost cost her her life. "I was on top of the world and I ruined everything," he said. Panettiere said she spent years battling addiction while also dealing with postpartum depression. The actress sought treatment for her depression, but found herself increasingly dependent on alcohol. "There was just this gray color in my life," he lamented. The actress says she didn't drink during her pregnancy, but says: "I never had the feeling of wanting to harm my daughter, but I didn't want to spend any time with her." Panettiere says she worked hard to be honest with herself to face hospitalization and trauma treatment last year. "I think I've hit rock bottom, but there's that trapdoor that opens." Remember the life and trajectory of actress Hayden Panettiere, who died at the age of 36 In the interview, the actress, who began her career at the age of 11, acting in soap operas and films such as "Duel of the Titans", also revealed that, when she was 15 years old, a member of her team started offering "happy pills" so that she could walk on red carpets. "It was supposed to keep me excited during the interviews. And I had no idea that that wasn't appropriate, or that it was the opening door to my addiction," he says. *With information from Reuters.