Hayden Panettiere, known for her role in the show 'Nashville', recently expressed in an interview that her experience on set was highly distressing and caused significant emotional trauma. Despite the show's success, Panettiere found the filming process to be extremely difficult.
Panettiere played the role of Juliette Barnes, a country star, in the television show Nashville, which aired from 2012 to 2018. Throughout her career, Panettiere has been vocal about her battles with alcohol, opioids, and post-partum depression. In a recent interview with the Messenger, she reveals that the show's writers drew heavily from her own experiences to shape the storylines of her character. This made the filming process particularly challenging for her.
Right from the start, it felt like I was dating a football player, and then Juliette also dates a football player," Panettiere explains. "And then they portray her as an alcoholic. Then they show her leaving her daughter and going to some crazy place in Europe, and it was very clear that they weren't being creative. They were simply taking elements from my life and putting their own twist on it. And just like that, it's done and completed."
Panettiere expresses that her time in Nashville brought significant professional success, but it was also a deeply unsettling experience for her, as she felt as though she was reliving her own personal journey through her character.
Panettiere is planning to go on a tour called "A Conversation With Hayden Panettiere" across three cities. Through this tour, she aims to inspire and support individuals who are facing similar challenges and difficulties as she has.
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