Hayden Panettiere gets "Heroes" dad’s protection

Hayden Panettiere may not need protecting, but she gets plenty of it from her TV dad, Jack Coleman.

Coleman plays "Noah Bennet", the menacing agent of the Company Man, whose real and personal mission is to protect the life of his superpowered daughter Claire (Hayden Panettiere).

Jack Coleman admits he can be as over-protective as his character on "Heroes" is. "I would be decking people left and right, if they talk to me like they talk to her."

Jack also blasts the press for being "predatory" with young women and girls like Hayden. "The idea is to destroy them. Set them up but you have to destroy them." Much like the TV dad HRG, Jack adds he can react in a very bad way if he has to put up with what Hayden has to deal with everyday.

How does Hayden react to all the publicity and paparazzi obsession?

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Jack Coleman only has admiration for his "Heroes" co-star. "It’s a tough position and she handles everything with incredible grace, much better than I would." Jack plays the father to Hayden Panettiere in "Heroes". As HRG/Noah Bennet his personal mission as an agent of the Company is to protect his superpowered daughter Claire.

Do you agree? Does the press become over-obsessive with Hayden?