Justin Chatwin

“I think the only focus was to be happy,”

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Justin Chatwin shared what Hayden Panettiere's main goal was regarding her future.

“Life had taken a toll on her, and she had a lot of unfortunate incidents,”

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Justin Chatwin noted the impact of difficult life experiences on Hayden Panettiere over the years.

“She was a unicorn.”

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Justin Chatwin shared how he hopes Hayden Panettiere will be remembered.

“And she's super sweet.”

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Justin Chatwin reiterated his fondness for Hayden Panettiere's sweet nature.

“They get the work, they sell the product,”

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Justin Chatwin discussed how the entertainment industry focuses on work rather than caring for its people.

“and there's just a lot of people in our industry that are dying from … inability to feel pain or heal trauma.”

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Justin Chatwin noted the toll of unhealed trauma and pain among entertainment industry workers.

“We've lost a lot of people, and not just Hollywood, in all of America. It's an epidemic that needs to be looked at.”

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Justin Chatwin described trauma and addiction as a nationwide epidemic.

“I could sense a lot of pain that she had dealt with, from her family to her daughter,”

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Justin Chatwin reflected on sensing the personal challenges Hayden Panettiere carried.

“I really love having deep conversations with her,”

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Justin Chatwin recalled enjoying meaningful conversations with Hayden Panettiere on set.

“And so I'm kind of angry that this is the culture that — and this is the industry — that people aren't taken care of.”

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Justin Chatwin expressed frustration with the entertainment industry's culture regarding how people are supported.

“It's not just her,”

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Justin Chatwin explained that struggles with trauma and addiction extend far beyond Hayden Panettiere.

“She's just got one of the biggest hearts of anyone that I've worked with,”

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Justin Chatwin praised Hayden Panettiere's generous character.

“It's a really lonely career.”

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Justin Chatwin reflected on the isolation that can accompany acting as a profession.

“I think that actors need to consider what roles they play, especially if it's opening up a vulnerable trauma that isn't healed,”

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Justin Chatwin cautioned actors against taking roles that reopen unhealed emotional wounds.

“She was super sweet.”

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Justin Chatwin recalled Hayden Panettiere's kind demeanor when they spent time together.

“there's not enough support or awareness around these issues,”

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Justin Chatwin noted a lack of awareness and support for trauma and addiction issues.

“I could sense the heaviness and the weight that the toll of 20 years in Hollywood and … trauma and the fight to figure out the trauma and addiction can have on you.”

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Justin Chatwin described the toll that decades in Hollywood and dealing with trauma had on Hayden Panettiere.

“Sometimes the pain is unbearable, and at the end of the day, you go home from a warm, fun movie set where everyone's telling you you're great, and you're alone in your house and you still got to order your coffee and eat your dinner,”

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Justin Chatwin described the stark contrast between being on a movie set and going home alone.

“We went out to dinner after we wrapped the movie and, yeah, she was one of the top five, top 10 favorite people that I've ever worked with,”

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Justin Chatwin recalled spending time with Hayden Panettiere after wrapping their movie.

“I'm a man, so I process things by getting pissed off,”

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Justin Chatwin expressed his anger over the lack of support for trauma and addiction in Hollywood following Hayden Panettiere's death.

“There's a handful of women that I've worked with that I really liked, and I really loved working with her, but I also know that she was really lonely.”

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Chatwin reflected on working with Panettiere and her loneliness.

“I could tell she was struggling, and I was like, 'I don't think it's this movie'.”

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Chatwin described noticing Panettiere struggling during filming in early 2025.

“I've been sober for 15 years, so I know this world of addiction, and Hollywood - it takes, and it takes from youth.”

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Chatwin spoke about addiction in Hollywood while describing Panettiere on set.