Courteney Cox Remembers ‘Scream’ Co-Star Hayden Panettiere: ‘She’s a Really Wonderful Actor’ — SkimNews
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- Courteney Cox told Entertainment Weekly that Hayden Panettiere was 'a really wonderful actor,' recalling that during their last work together on 'Scream VI' Panettiere was 'fun and happy and smart,' and called her death 'really sad' and 'obviously horrible.'
- Cox and Panettiere first co-starred in 2011's 'Scream 4,' which introduced Panettiere to the franchise, before reuniting for 2023's 'Scream VI.'
- Panettiere's 'Heroes' co-stars held a reunion to celebrate her life, with series star Jimmy Jean-Louis posting on X that the gathering was 'deeply emotional' with 'sadness in our hearts, but also so much love, gratitude and warmth.'
- Jack Coleman, who played Panettiere's father on 'Heroes,' posted an Instagram tribute recounting that 20 years ago during the pilot she greeted him by shouting 'daddy' and throwing her arms around him, and that she nicknamed him 'daddio' while he called her 'Haydini, because she was a magician.'
- Panettiere's father told ABC shortly after her passing: 'She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen.'
Why it matters: Tributes spanning two of Panettiere's signature franchises — the 'Scream' slasher series and NBC's 'Heroes' — underscore how broadly her work touched Hollywood, with co-stars from both worlds sharing personal anecdotes rather than just formal condolences. The collective response from castmates who worked with her across two decades signals the scale of loss felt by multiple corners of the entertainment industry.
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