Director Griff Furst, who helmed one of Hayden Panettiere‘s final films, is revealing more details about his time working with the actress — including how her team asked him to participate in an “intervention.”
Furst took to Instagram Wednesday night to share a second video remembering Panettiere, who died at age 36 on Sunday. In the video, he reflected on Panettiere’s career, her struggles with addiction and the challenges child actors can face after growing up in the entertainment industry.
“When I think about this, it’s not just a Hayden story. I grew up on movie sets, and I know a whole lot of child actors very well, and I understand what it does to somebody to grow up in front of a camera before they’re old enough to consent,” he said. “Hayden started acting when she was 11 months old, so I was rooting for Hayden to beat the addiction that she spoke about openly and publicly in her memoir.”
Furst went on to reveal that Panettiere’s team eventually asked him to participate in an intervention.
“When we wrapped, however, I stayed in touch with her team,” he continued. “What eventually got determined was that she might need an intervention and I got asked to participate. I said yes, and that intervention did not happen, at least not that I’m aware of, and I wasn’t leading the charge on that and it wouldn’t have been appropriate for me.”
