Zac Efron shot to fame as a Disney Channel teen heartthrob in the High School Musical movies, but in the dozen years since the final installment, he’s gone out of his way to try and reinvent his screen persona. While he’s still searching for that big role that will take his career as a leading man to the next level, he’s nonetheless managed to shake off the all-singing, all-dancing reputation that came dangerously close to seeing him typecast forever while still in his early 20s.
It can’t be a coincidence that the 32 year-old has avoided working with Disney ever since High School Musical came to an end, with his focus largely being on broad studio comedies like Neighbors, Dirty Grandpa and Baywatch, or playing deliberately against type as either The Beach Bum‘s Flicker or Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile‘s Ted Bundy. And so far,...
It can’t be a coincidence that the 32 year-old has avoided working with Disney ever since High School Musical came to an end, with his focus largely being on broad studio comedies like Neighbors, Dirty Grandpa and Baywatch, or playing deliberately against type as either The Beach Bum‘s Flicker or Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile‘s Ted Bundy. And so far,...
- 8/11/2020
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