A new film starring Anne Heche about sex trafficking is still due to air in the US despite the death of the actress following a horror crash.
Anne passed away at the age of 53 after she was taken off life support as doctors declared her brain dead following the accident.
The Television Critics Association press conference for “Girl in Room 13” still went ahead on Thursday while Anne was still on life support.
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“This project is important to each and every one of us,” said Amy Winter, executive vice-president and head of programming during the panel.
The film aims to “bring attention to the appalling issue of human sex trafficking” – a topic network bosses say “inspired” Anne during production.
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Actor Larissa Dias and director Elisabeth Rohm appeared on the panel as Rohm confirmed that the film is finished and will air in September.
Rohm said: “Although [Anne] is deeply missed, right now, I will say the film is finished and she did a phenomenal performance – a tour de force.”
Anne’s death was announced last night (Friday) by her close friend Nancy Davis who lead the tributes after her life support was switched off.
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It was a week after the terrifying smash which saw her Mini Cooper burst into flames in a fiery inferno in LA.
The actress was officially declared brain dead after she crashed into a two-storey house in the Mar Vista neighbourhood of Los Angeles on August 5.
Heche was catapulted to fame starring in the soap opera Another World in the 90s, playing both twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love.
Later, she starred in the films Six Days Seven Nights, Donnie Brasco, Wag the Dog, Volcano and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Her final haunting video shows her on the set of an independent film she made with Joey Lawrence and his wife Samantha Cope Lawrence – adding to her list of recent projects.
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