Former inventive collaborators proceed to react to the sudden demise of Hayden Panettiere at 36, with Tim Fywell (Blissful Valley, The No. 1 Girls’ Detective Company), the British director of the 2005 Disney film Ice Princess, on Tuesday paying tribute to her.
“It was actually upsetting to listen to yesterday of the demise of Hayden Panettiere on the age of 36,” the director shared in a press release obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. “I labored together with her 21 years in the past when she performed Kim Cattrall’s daughter within the Disney film Ice Princess, which I directed. I keep in mind a courageous, sparky, devoted younger actress who lit up the set in rehearsals after which the display together with her vibrant expertise.”
The film, additionally that includes Joan Cusack, after all, starred Panettiere reverse Michelle Trachtenberg, who died final 12 months at age 39. Video compilations of Trachtenberg and Panettiere’s characters, Casey Carlyle and Gen Harwood, respectively, began circulating on social media on Monday, with followers noting the movie’s comforting really feel of nostalgia amid the tragic deaths of its stars.
Ice Princess follows Casey (Trachtenberg), a brainy highschool scholar, who offers up her path to Harvard to pursue her dream of changing into knowledgeable determine skater. Panettiere performs Casey’s foremost rival-turned-supportive ally.
In his assertion following Panettiere’s demise, Fywell lauded the younger duo. “Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden’s co-star within the film, and he or she have been an incredible pair. Two very totally different personalities,” he emphasised. “Michelle – kooky, enjoyable, with an infectious snicker and her sensible sad-funny comedian timing. Hayden – plucky and decided and perfectionist, spending hours training her skating and totally centered on getting each performing take spot-on and truthful. Which she did.”
Concluded Fywell: “In what was typically a tricky and technically sophisticated shoot, and my first Hollywood film, they have been pleasant to work with and nice to have round. I keep in mind them each with enormous affection, how they have been 20-odd years in the past, at that comparatively uncomplicated time of their lives, two shining abilities, gone far too quickly.”
