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At this point in his career, Zac Efron can take on pretty much any film role, endorsement, reading of the phone book, etc., and his die-hard fans will line up to see him. With such enthusiastic supporters, it could be easy to take them for granted and sign on to whatever project suits his fancy. When MTV News caught up with the teen heartthrob, however, we learned that this is not the case.
When asked why he took on his role in “Charlie St. Cloud,” out this Friday, instead of another musical, for example, Efron revealed that he puts a lot of thought into his fans’ wishes.
“I was trying to figure that out for so long,” Efron admitted. “What do the fans want to see? I could do another musical. I could stick to my guns and try to do more of that. Try and do another cool musical and try to stick with that genre. Is that really what the fans want to see? I mean everyone is like, ‘How can you make that transition? How are you going to get the fans to follow you into this new kind of stuff?’ ”
Efron said he doesn’t think it’s the responsibility of his fans to follow him, rather it’s his responsibility to stay relevant. “The only way that I know how to do that is to stay a little bit ahead of the audience. Experience life, make movies about those experiences, and by the time the audience catches up, and maybe realizes that life isn’t always like ‘High School Musical,’ maybe they will have a movie that helps them through that next challenge that they face in life.”
The forward-thinking 22-year-old added that he’d prefer his career to be based in that kind of relevance, rather than what he thinks is fun. “I don’t want to look back and say I just made movies because it was fun, you know? I want to make movies because it’s challenging and it’s an opportunity to help people. Otherwise it’s just, you know, kind of selfish, I think.”
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Having arrived in the Big Apple on Saturday afternoon, Zac Efron enjoyed a day free from work duties by making his way around New York City on Sunday (July 25).
Looking casual cool in Ray Bans, a grey top and matching trousers, the “Charlie St Cloud” star started things off with a trip to see a matinee showing of “Memphis”.
Once the show ended, Zac headed over to John’s Pizzeria for a bite to eat before ending his night by supporting former “High School Musical” co-star Corbin Bleu at a running of his “In The Heights” stage production. Gossip Girls
Edit: July 24th JFK Airport and Starbucks
July 24th: JFK Airport in NYC
July 24th: At Starbucks/Going to ‘In The Heights’ in NYC
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With girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens busy promoting her new movie at Comic Con, Zac Efron had the weekend to himself.
The 17 Again actor was pictured grabbing a bite at Starbucks before heading to see In The Heights in New York City.
Zac must have been hungry this weekend as he was spotted the following day at John’s Pizzeria after attending Memphis.
With Vanessa out of the picture for the weekend, was Zac indulging in some of his favourite junk foods?!
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HE IS one of Hollywood’s hottest young men but Zac Efron claims he’s not very bright or good at sport.
Instead the 22-year old, who dates the gorgeous Vanessa Hudgens, insists it’s all down to determination.
The heart-throb who played a basketball player in High School Musical, said: “While I may not be innately the best of every thing , I’m not the quickest in academics or sports, but if I put my mind to it, I can achieve it.”
However, Zac is worried he’ll let down his fans. Before Michael Jackson died, Zac spoke with him and said he understands why his fans got so hysterical – only Twilight’s Robert Pattinson gets the same kind of fanatical attention as Zac – claiming he was “too emotional” to speak to Jacko.
He added: “I think about that, and then I see the looks on some of these girls ‘ faces and I hope I’m not disappointing them. I’m very proud to be that for them and I hope I can pull through.”
He’s certainly showing he’s more than just a pretty face after the end of High School Musical in movies including 17 Again and upcoming supernatural drama Charlie St Cloud.
Clearly Zac likes to push himself, as he proved faced with a bungee jump backflip last year during filming of Charlie St Cloud in Canada.
“Yeah, I got in trouble for that,” he laughed.
“It was the first time I’d ever done one but I asked the inst ructors what was the coolest way to jump off the bridge. I wanted to do it with style because everyone one kind of falls off the platform and it looks really awkward, I asked, ‘What would you do?’
“And the guy said, ‘I would do a gainer,’ which is like a forward running back flip. I said, ‘Is it easy?’ and he goes, ‘No, but it’s not that hard.’ “I was like, ‘OK, I’ll give it a try,” so I just did it.”
It shows Zac is willing to take risks, and this is bleeding into his career.
While he says he’d do another f ilm that involved singing in the future, for now he’s trying to follow the lead of his hero Leonardo DiCaprio, who went from child star to adult superstar.
Zac said: “I didn’t want to just keep doing what was working. I wanted to try something new.
“It was kind of scary to get there, but that’s what I wanted, to get pushed.”
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Although many of Miley Cyrus’ fans have gone anti-Miley since the singer has stepped into the shoes of Britney Spears and Lady GaGa in terms of nudity and weirdoes, there is one admirer who is still all goodie-goodie about the teen idol.
The devoted fan is called Zac Efron, the handsome actor of High School Musical fame and the heartthrob of thousands.
Although it was Miley who called it a partiality of the media which showers harsh criticism for her skimpy outfits onstage and goes gaga over Zac Efron and his movies, Miley perhaps tried to have a damage control in an interview with Billy Bush in his show.
Miley changed tune and talked about the special place in her heart which had been occupied by the sexy star. She said that putting posters of a friend would be too creepy and strange, so she couldn’t have Zac’s on her wall!
The 22-year-old actor didn’t go for a tit-for-tat for Miley’s previous comments. In fact, in an interview with Access Hollywood, the actor praised Miley and her achievement all these years. He claimed to know Cyrus since her childhood and it was amazing for him to see her grow up as a beautiful lady. He added that Miley’s popularity made him feel proud.
These celebrities are really moody. You would never know when their opinions and views would change for another celebrity…and when they would come up with the most confusing and contradictory comments possible!
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Vanessa Hudgens has got quite a wait on her hands if she wants to become Mrs. Zac Efron – the movie hunk won’t be getting wed until he turns 30.
The 22-year-old 17 Again star admits he’s still be smitten with Hudgens, his former High School Musical co-star, but has no plans to marry her anytime soon.
He says, “I think I’ve always said I’m not gonna get married ’til I’m 30. I’m gonna wait. I wouldn’t want that kind of commitment or pressure at this point.”
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Zac Efron is proving he is more than just a pretty face by starring in and producing a new comedy for Warner Brothers.
The High School Musical star, who set up his production company Ninjas Runnin’ Wild with manager Jason Barrett, will be working on an untitled workplace comedy with the team behind box office hit 17 Again, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The script has been written by Jason Filardi, and Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot are in talks to come on as co-producers.
Zac is also looking to start work on a number of projects at NRW including Art Of The Steal, based on a Wired magazine article about a master thief, and time-travel story Einstein Theory.
There’s also Fire, based on the Brian Michael Bendis graphic novel about a college student recruited to take part in a special CIA training program, and Snabba Cash, a remake of a Swedish action thriller about a young man who becomes a runner for a drug dealer.
Zac’s next big screen outing will see him playing the title role in fantasy-romance Charlie St Cloud alongside Kim Basinger and Ray Liotta.
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Robot Chicken 
Me and Orson Welles
