# @variety on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcLx0r4ljWC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69455652-variety-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T14:00:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Variety (@Variety) — https://gondola.cc/Variety

## Caption

#IcePrincess director Tim Fywell pens an emotional tribute to #HaydenPanettiere and #MichelleTrachtenberg after their deaths:

“It was really upsetting to hear yesterday of the death of Hayden Panettiere at the age of 36. I worked with her 21 years ago... I remember a brave, sparky, dedicated young actress who lit up the set in rehearsals and then the screen with her vibrant talent.

[Hayden and Michelle] had very different personalities. Michelle - kooky, fun, with an infectious laugh and her brilliant sad-funny comic timing. Hayden - plucky and determined and perfectionist, spending hours practicing her skating and utterly focused on getting every acting take spot-on and truthful, which she did. In what was often a tough and technically complicated shoot, and my first Hollywood movie, they were delightful to work with and great to have around. I remember them both with huge affection, how they were 20 odd years ago, at that relatively uncomplicated time of their lives, two shining talents, gone far too soon.”

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## Tags

iceprincess, haydenpanettiere, michelletrachtenberg

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