Paquin, Gilbert and Romano demand Hollywood confront child-actor treatment after three deaths

Anna Paquin, Melissa Gilbert and Christy Carlson Romano called on Hollywood to protect child actors after three former child stars died within roughly eighteen months: Hayden Panettiere at 36 on 16 August 2026, Michelle Trachtenberg at 39 in February 2025, and Daveigh Chase at 35 in July 2025. Paquin called existing safeguards ones that "look great on paper"; Gilbert urged unions to act (Deadline, 23 August 2026; The Hollywood Reporter, 23 August 2026).