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Zac Efron rose to fame for his heartthrob role as Troy Bolton in the hit classicHigh School Musicalmovie. Even though he tried so hard to veer away from his Disney days, there’s always something that seems to pull him back.
He went on to take more serious roles over the years. Efron famously starred as the serial killer Ted Bundy inExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vileand as Phillip Carlyle inThe Greatest Showman.However,what gave the actor the Oscar buzz was his portrayal of Kevin Von Erich in the biographical sports dramaThe Iron Claw.
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Zac Efron’s Co-Star Kept Reminding Him Of HisHigh School MusicalDays
Speaking withW Magazine, actorZac Efronrevealed that he was constantly teased by his co-star inThe Iron Clawby singing songs fromHigh School Musical. He remarked that it was already a common scenario for him, and he was pretty much used to it by now.
“People like to do that to mess with me. It’s pretty funny. We had a scene where we show up to a party where Stanley, I think, is singing a song. He performed it live, and then they just continued to move on to another song, and it was something from High School Musical.”
Still, Efron feels a sense of irritability whenever people try to bring up his past work because, as far as we know, he hated his character in the Disney film.
“I had to stay in character while that was going on, and everybody else was just losing it. The camera was on me, and I was just trying to stay in character. It put me in Kevin’s shoes a little bit. I felt very uncomfortable.”
Nonetheless, he found his training from all those dancing in the hallways of East High very useful. The actor claimed that it was similar to wrestling and that the learning curve there was to just go for it.
“Dancing and wrestling are surprisingly similar. There’s a choreographed element to both, and the more you do it, the better you get. Also, just the sense of moving with a partner: Sometimes you lead, and sometimes you’re holding on to the other guy.”
The Iron Clawwas released last month, courtesy of A24 and helmed by Sean Durkin. So far, it has an 88% score on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8.1 rating on IMDb.
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What Does Zac Efron Think Of Troy Bolton?
Zac Efron is not afraid to diss his character fromHigh School Musical, tellingMen’s Journalthat he extremely hates Troy Bolton and his former self still haunts him to this day:
“I step back and look at myself, and I still want to kick that guy’s a—s sometimes. Like, f—k that guy. He’s done some kind of cool things with some cool people — he did that one thing [‘Neighbors’] that was funny — but, I mean, he’s still just that f—king kid from [‘High School Musical’].”
Even when he was in the middle of starring in the Disney movie, Efron never showed enthusiasm about the character. He toldNylon GuysviaUS Weekly:
“I try not to look at all of it. You can’t enjoy or celebrate it; it’s not a real thing. The face on the lunchbox and s—t — you can’t share that with your friends.”
Efron might have ventured into more mature roles, but no one can deny that fans will always remember him as the campus crush fromHigh School Musical.
Ariane Cruz
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Ariane Cruz is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 3,000 articles published. Her love for pop culture and the creative arts fuels her passion to deliver engaging and informative stories. Her daily consumption of films, shows, and books keeps her energized for the day, along with her mission to serve as the bridge between fans and their favorite franchises.
