She first caught our eye as the cute Cheerleader in Heroes who had to save the world, but Hayden Panettiere's latest project is set to send shivers down our spines as she is in the next installment of the Scream franchise.
According to the actress the filmmakers have had to really shake things up this time round as audiences aren’t as easily scared as they used to be. “It's a sequel, but at the same time it's a reboot, and it's a combination. It's cleverly remembering where it comes from. It really uses the clichés to our benefit and has grown with the audience. As generations go on, they just get smarter and harder to scare.”
In an interview with Collider, Hayden opened up about her own terrifying experience in which she thought an intruder was trying to get into her home. “That's got to be the most terrified I've ever been in my life. The fear, especially as a female in a house by yourself, was horrible.” So what caused her to be so scared? The star explained, “There happened to be a blackout in the area that I was living in, at that time, so my alarm was going off, but nobody was coming. You go into this survival instinct mode, when you feel like your life is in jeopardy. I found myself in the bathroom with my taser, which I have 10 of, my panic button and my cell phone. That desperation and that not knowing who was going to come or what would happen or what you would have to do is terrifying.”
“I overreacted a little bit. I wound up crawling out my window to find five or six guns with the laser beams pointed at me. I was like, ‘Don't shoot me, please! It's me! It's me! It's my house!’ The police did eventually come, but they almost shot me. I'm not joking.” OK, we know it’s bad but we can’t help letting out a little giggle at the thought of her winding herself up so much. Poor thing!
Scream 4 is released in cinema’s this Friday… We can’t wait!