Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere has admitted that she enjoyed filming her lesbian kiss for the show and found the whole experience ‘exciting.’

The actress, who plays Claire Bennet in the BBC2 hit, shared a smooch with her on screen college roommate Madeline Zima.

Hayden, 20, said: “It’s very exciting! When you are young, you experiment and you have fun.

“It truly is a person that she just falls in love with, because she fulfills her and she is her best friend.”