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Following Connie Britton’s heartfelt tribute to Hayden Panettiere, who died Sunday at the age of 36, fellow Nashville alum Charles Esten also remembered his former co-star. Esten was a late cast addition to the Nashville pilot and the last series regular to be announced in March 2012 on the country music drama about fading Nashville […]
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Following Connie Britton’s heartfelt tribute to Hayden Panettiere, who died Sunday at the age of 36, fellow Nashville alum Charles Esten also remembered his former co-star. Esten was a late cast addition to the Nashville pilot and the last series regular to be announced in March 2012 on the country music drama about fading Nashville […]
Read this reportThe Nashville star remembered his first encounter with Panettiere and how they became "fast friends"
Read this reportHayden Panettiere's costar in the hit musical drama "Nashville" Charles Esten shared a loving tribute after her shocking death ... remembering he smacked her with a door during their first meeting. The actor took to Instagram Monday to share series…
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AIPROPX has consolidated 3 reports from 3 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Charles Esten Recounts Sweet First Encounter With Hayden Panettiere During ‘Nashville’ Audition: “What A Great Gift It Was To Act….” The covered outlets are based across 2 regions — Other and US.
The earliest report in this entry came from TMZ (Aug 18, 2026, 00:43 UTC); the most recent came from Deadline (Aug 18, 2026, 03:28 UTC).
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