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Hayden Panettiere Doesn’t Want to be Typecast

Posted by Adam

Monday June 22, 2009

bbc-0050262Hayden Panettiere is keen to distance herself from her role in Heroes — because she doesn’t want to end up being typecast.

The actress is taking a break from playing an indestructible teen to go for laughs in new movie I Love You Beth, Cooper.

“I really wanted to do a comedy,” says Hayden, who plays a prom queen in the movie.

“Coming from a show like Heroes, its nice to spread your wings a little bit. If you don’t do it, you get categorized.

“You are your last film. It’s hard for people to see you in another light. Coming from a drama, it was important for me to show another part of my personality.”

Hayden, 19, recently revealed that she was bullied at school.

“I was never the popular girl. I actually thought the worst was middle school, it was all about where you sat in the lunchroom,” she said. “And it was one of the most traumatizing experiences for me. I was absolutely tortured.

“I remember going to sit with the popular kids for the first time because one girl invited me over and one of the guys pulled the chair out from underneath me before I sat down and everyone started laughing. So, I was never the popular girl. Never, never, never.”

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  • http://www.iloveyoubethcoopermovie.com John

    I Love You Beth Cooper is almost at theaters, only 1 month left! I’m really looking forward to it, the trailer is hilarious, you should check that out too. Here’s a quick recap a quick recap on the story I copied and pasted from the site: “A nerdy valedictorian proclaims his love for the hottest and most popular girl in school – Beth Cooper (Panettiere) – during his graduation speech (I would do so if she was in my class too :D ). But much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life”.
    If you go to the website, they have this awesome interactive thing where you can Tweet your confession like Dennis did during graduation.
    I’ve already tweeted three or four of my secrets, and uploaded a video and you don’t know how much better I feel after getting all of those secrets out!.
    And, you can even go a step further by making a short video and uploading it to the site …I just uploaded mine, and I can’t stop watching myself haha :D
    They even have a contest that gives you a chance to be broadcasted on TV, so maybe I’ll become famous soon!

  • http://www.iloveyoubethcoopermovie.com John

    I’ve always wanted to see Hayden outside of Hero’s too. I can’t wait to see her int he Romantic comedy I love you Beth Cooper. But in anticipation for the movie, the website is also great!

    If you go to the website, they have this awesome interactive thing where you can Tweet your confession like Dennis did during graduation.
    I’ve already tweeted three or four of my secrets, and uploaded a video and you don’t know how much better I feel after getting all of those secrets out!.
    And, you can even go a step further by making a short video and uploading it to the site …I just uploaded mine, and I can’t stop watching myself haha :D
    They even have a contest that gives you a chance to be broadcasted on TV, so maybe I’ll become famous soon!