United Kingdom, Aug. 21 -- Director Griff Furst claims he was asked to participate in an "intervention" to help Hayden Panettiere.

The moviemaker worked with the Heroes star - passed away on Sunday (16.08.26) at the age of 36 - on 2025's direct-to-video action-horror film A Breed Apart and he has revealed he kept in touch with Hayden's team after she finished filming and he was asked to join a group trying to help the troubled actress but the planned intervention "never happened".

In a video posted on social media, he explained: "When we wrapped, however, I stayed in touch with her team. What eventually got determined was that she might need an intervention and I got asked to participate.

"I said yes, and that intervention did not happ...