When Hayden Panettiere was first cast as bubblegum country singer Juliette Barnes in 2011 opposite Connie Britton‘s fading country legend Rayna Jaymes in ABC’s Nashville, she was never intended to be the star.
However, in her newly published memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning, Panettiere, 36, writes that the pair’s on-screen tension translated to some awkwardness in real-life.
By the time the pilot of the critically-acclaimed musical drama went to air, Panettiere’s ‘billing had gone way up’ and she took on a larger role in the series, making her feel uncomfortable about upsetting Britton.
‘I went from maybe number five in terms of importance to
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