In her new movie, I Love You, Beth Cooper, Hayden Panettiere plays the title character. A high school valedictorian declares his love for his dream girl at graduation. When he finally gets to know her, he realizes she's not the perfect dream girl he imagined. Panettiere can relate to that, because she has insecurities despite her fame and fortune.

"Like body image insecurities," Panettiere admitted. "The older I get the more comfortable I get with it, but I still have my days where I don't feel great, and I don't like this outfit or that outfit and I'm having my fat day where I have to put something baggy on and sweatpants or just with the way that people perceive me, I have plenty of insecurities I can go on and on."

That could be a big surprise to her fans, who may lust after the cheerleader from Heroes. "I've never been one of those people whose been obsessed with working out or being super skinny because I'm just not. I'm not that. I have the body that I have and that's not going to change as long as I try to stay as healthy as I can, and all that stuff."

Perhaps that's exactly what everyone loves about her. It's only some of the less sensitive journalism that makes her feel bad. "It's a little hard when someone is standing behind you with a camera on the beach, takes a picture of your rear end, and points out all your bumps or whatever, puts some shading in. I mean, you become much more critical of yourself because you're in the position of just such extreme judgment and scrutiny. People love to point out flaws and love to build people up and let them down again."

I Love You, Beth Cooper opens Friday and Heroes returns in September.

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Story/Interview by Fred Topel

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