{"id":5530,"date":"2026-08-18T20:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5530"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:07:50","slug":"nashville-alum-charles-esten-notes-strange-coincidence-of-being-in-greenville-south-carolina-days-before-hayden-panettieres-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5530","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nashville\u2019 Alum Charles Esten Notes \u201cStrange Coincidence\u201d of Being in Greenville, South Carolina Days Before Hayden Panettiere\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<em>Nashville<\/em> alum Charles Esten is among those remembering late actress Hayden Panettiere after she died unexpectedly Sunday at the age of 36.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5528\">\u2018House of the Dragon\u2019 Star Wants to Know: \u201cWhere the F*** is Mushroom?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tEsten, who played Deacon Claybourne on the ABC drama, also lamented a missed opportunity to reconnect with his former co-star before she died.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe and wife Patty Hanson were in Greenville, South Carolina, where Panettiere died on Sunday, on Friday night while he was on tour.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cPatty and I were not only in Greenville, SC this past Friday night for one of my shows, we were actually in Judson Mills, itself (where the venue is located),\u201d Esten wrote in a comment with his Instagram post about his memories of working with Panettiere. \u201cAlongside the horrific news of her passing, we have both been stunned to hear in news reports that Hayden had apparently arrived there at the same Judson Mills (the loft apartments, not the venue) the very next day. By then, (Saturday) our tour bus had taken us through the night to Wilmington, where we were setting up for my next show, oblivious to all that was to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe added, \u201cSuch a strange coincidence. I just wish that it had actually put us there together at the same time. And that we somehow could have bumped into her. And got to hug her, and laugh in amazement with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn his main tribute, Esten said he and Hanson were \u201cstunned and saddened at the loss of our dear and beautiful friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnd Esten recalled meeting Panettiere and becoming fast friends during the <em>Nashville<\/em> audition process.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5526\">Movie Theater Owners Reverse Course On Paramount-Warner Bros, Now Favor Settlement Talks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI had read two Deacon scenes before pulling out my guitar and singing two songs,\u201d he said of his first audition for the series. \u201cI said my goodbyes and, hoping I\u2019d done well, went to open the door to leave. Instead of swinging all the way out, the door bumped into somebody. Kinda hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThat somebody was Panettiere who had been listening (\u201cin full Juliette Barnes mode,\u201d Esten said) right outside of the door.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cHer face instantly bloomed into the most beautiful smile,\u201d he added. \u201cEyes twinkling, she clapped her hands and said, \u2018That was so good!!\u2019 I can promise you that, in that moment, there was nothing in the world I needed to hear more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe thanked her for the \u201cvery kind words\u201d and offered a \u201cjokingly cocky\u201d farewell: \u201cSee you on the set!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThough Esten had to go through a number of additional auditions, he eventually landed the role and Panettiere remembered his prediction when they reunited on set: \u201cShe walked right up to me, pointed in my face, and with that magical grin said, \u201cSee you on the set!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cFrom there, we became fast friends, working very hard to play those 2 troubled Nashvillians, but always having fun and laughing a whole lot along the way,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=5524\">No, Vecna Wasn\u2019t on Ozempic: How the \u2018Stranger Things\u2019 VFX Team Rebuilt Its Villain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tDeacon became a friend and collaborator to Panettiere\u2019s Juliette.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRead Esten\u2019s full post below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Esten remembers Nashville costar Hayden Panettiere with audition story amid &#039;strange coincidence&#039; of both being in Greenville, South Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[382,3466],"class_list":["post-5530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-hayden-panettiere","tag-nashville"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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