Hayden Panettiere: It was ‘daunting’ to come back to acting after 4-year hiatus
nypost.com“Scream VI” after a four-year hiatus — and she didn’t believe she could do it.“It was daunting, honestly,” the 33-year-old said about getting back into the film biz in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly.“I was a little bit worried.
I was worried that I couldn’t act anymore. I mean, I took four years off.”“I had to remind myself of what I could do and to make sure that I could still do it,” the “Heroes” star added. “But I knew I made the right decision.
This was the best, the best first movie back that I could have dreamt of. It was like coming home.”Panettiere was last seen in the 2016 legal drama, “Custody” as well as guest spots on “Chopped Junior” and “Lip Synch Battle” that same year.
She also ended a six-season run on the musical series “Nashville” in 2018.She portrays her character Kirby Reed in the newest installment of the horror franchise, having previously played it in 2011’s “Scream 4.”“I was 21 when I did ‘Scream 4,’ and Wes Craven, the whole cast, the whole crew, it was such a family.
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