{"id":2414840,"date":"2026-05-13T12:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2414840"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:21:22","slug":"hayden-panettiere-details-recent-conversation-with-kristen-stewart-about-panic-room-recasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hayden-panettiere-details-recent-conversation-with-kristen-stewart-about-panic-room-recasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere details recent conversation with Kristen Stewart about \u201cPanic Room \u201drecasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Hayden Panettiere details meeting Kristen Stewart for the first time, two decades after the <em>Twilight<\/em> star replaced Panettiere in the 2002 movie <em>Panic Room.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>The casting change was made after Nicole Kidman dropped out of the David Fincher flick and Jodie Foster stepped in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;[Stewart] could not have been nicer,&#8221; Panettiere tells EW.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hayden Panettiere;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/hayden-panettiere\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hayden Panettiere<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kristen Stewart;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/kristen-stewart\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Kristen Stewart<\/a> just reflected on their sliding doors moment for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve told anybody this, but I actually got to hang out with Kristen Stewart for the first time in my life the other night,\u201d Panettiere tells <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> while chatting about her upcoming new book, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:This Is Me: A Reckoning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/hayden-panettiere-terrified-people-read-155312360.html\"><em>This Is Me: A Reckoning<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI brought [2002 movie <em>Panic Room<\/em>] up and we talked about it and she could not have been nicer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Panic Room;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/panic-room\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Panic Room<\/em><\/a>, directed by David Fincher, was originally set to star Nicole Kidman, with Panettiere playing her daughter. When Kidman dropped out of the film and was replaced with Jodie Foster, the part of Sarah was recast with Stewart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:960px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>Stewart in &#8216;Panic Room&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Everett<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Panettiere reveals to EW that the <em>Twilight<\/em> star was \u201caware that they had let me go and that she was coming in,\u201d calling it \u201cvery sweet\u201d to hear that she knew the lore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t think I told her that it was in the book, so it&#8217;ll be a surprise for her, but I just thought that was so funny that I just have had that experience with her,\u201d Panettiere adds.<\/p>\n<p>In her memoir, Panettiere reflects on losing the role.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery project that I&#8217;ve done, just like everything we do, every action has a reaction,\u201d she tells EW. \u201cEvery project that I have done has led me to do other projects. And if even one project was different and I had done anything differently, who knows where I would be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A decade later, Panettiere did end up crossing paths with Kidman again \u2014 but not on screen \u2014 during the run of the ABC series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nashville;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/nashville\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nashville<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a small world. She lived with [now ex-husband] Keith [Urban] in Nashville and I teased them because they took my personal assistant, who was incredible, but they couldn&#8217;t have been lovelier,\u201d Panettiere says. \u201cI got to see Keith live and just seeing Nicole watching him, she was in a completely different element. She was just genuinely dressed down and herself. So even though I haven&#8217;t gotten a chance to work with her, I&#8217;ve at least gotten a chance to run into her a couple times.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:960px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"The cover for 'Hayden Panettiere: This is Me'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/09A3CBB1E54286F4A61EEDFBB7AF769E625CBC013B423D4A3E3BC0E02ACC4A7F\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960_h640;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Faol_entertainment_weekly_articles_368%2F384db967972dca24329a1774c9c3a917\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>The cover for &#8216;Hayden Panettiere: This is Me&#8217;<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Panettiere\u2019s book, out May 19, is filled with stories about her career, from <em>Remember the Titans <\/em>to<em> Nashville,<\/em> but also covers her personal ups and downs with depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always hoped that I would write a book and I&#8217;d be able to share all my stories because truth is stranger than fiction. You couldn&#8217;t write the things that have happened in my life,\u201d she tells EW. \u201c[But when] I got this opportunity, I was like, \u2018Am I too young to do this?\u2019 And then I thought through my life and I was like, \u2018I might be young, but my life has been entertaining enough that I have plenty to share.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This Is Me: A Reckoning<\/em> is available May 19.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/hayden-panettiere-kristen-stewart-meet-panic-room-recast-11972589\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Hayden Panettiere details meeting Kristen Stewart for the first time, two decades after the Twilight star replaced Panettiere in the 2002 movie Panic Room. The casting change was made after Nicole Kidman dropped out of the David Fincher flick and Jodie Foster stepped in. &#8220;[Stewart] could not have been nicer,&#8221; Panettiere tells EW. 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