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Hayden Panettiere Explains Why Filming 'Nashville' Was 'Very Traumatizing' For Her

The actress opened up about shooting the show during a difficult point in her personal life.

Hayden Panettiere is looking back at her time on the TV drama Nashville, reflecting on the emotional toll it took on her mental health. In the series, Panettiere played Juliette Barnes, a rising country music singer in the titular city who struggles to balance her personal life with her professional fame. Because of the long shooting days and the strain of her fictional character dealing with the same struggles she was facing off set, Panettiere said she "didn't have time to take care of myself [and] to think about and go through the pain I was experiencing physically [and] emotionally."

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