Zac Efron is certainly making the transition from Disney king to certifiable Hollywood heavyweight. At the ripe old age of 21 (soon to be 22), Zac made the decision to ditch a "Footloose" remake to tackle the more adult fare of "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud." And now with Richard Linklater-directed "Me and Orson Welles" about to hit theaters, his "High School Musical" fans are sure to see a different side to Troy Bolton.
And, that's fine by Zac—he's not buying into that Disney fame anyway. “I try not to look at all of it. You can’t enjoy or celebrate it; it’s not a real thing," he tells Nylon Guys about the network that made him a household name with tweens everywhere. "The face on the lunchbox and s***—you can’t share that with your friends.”
However, he can't be any prouder of his work in "Me and Orson Welles." The flick revolves around a young man who by luck gets a role in Welles' theater troupe and its Broadway staging of "Julius Cesar." “It’s the first time I’ve ever watched a movie [that I’m in]," Zac recalled, "and in the end I’m like, ‘OK! I didn’t check my watch once!’”
And although he's left the world of musicals behind for now, it doesn't mean that he didn't show early signs of musical ability around the Efron household. "I was constantly singing. I would hear things on the radio and just be able to spit them out instantly, with perfect memorization and tone," he said. "It wasn’t like I took pride in it; there was no effort. My parents were like, 'Shut up. Please stop singing. It’s annoying.'"
So, will we see a Zac album at anytime? Um, no. "If anyone asked themselves [if celebrity albums were necessary], then we wouldn’t have the crap we are listening to today," he explained. "If your heart’s not in it, don’t do it. And don’t do it for money. That’s my philosophy."
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