Director Recounts Hayden Panettiere's Troubling On-Set Energy
After Hayden Panettiere’s death, A Breed Apart director Griff Furst recalls that the actress didn’t seem OK on set and the energy in her room was dark, with her on‑again/off‑again boyfriend Brian Hickerson often present; Panettiere had long battled addiction and abuse, and Furst says he believed she was getting better and had discussed working together again, but authorities are investigating her death (with reports of overdose and possible cardiac arrest) as her mother publicly criticized Hickerson.