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Panettiere 'asked for lesbian storyline'
Published Monday, Oct 5 2009, 10:38 BST | By Catriona Wightman
Rex Features
Panettiere's character Claire Bennett will have a romance with her college roommate, played by Madeleine Zima, in future episodes of the show.
"I kinda threw it out there," Contactmusic quotes her as saying. "[The writers] put you in relationships and I was like, 'Can I just be with a girl or something? Let's do that'.
"So they took it and ran with it. She's a great girl... and we have a blast."
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