Hudgens also posted a video of herself at East High at the end of June, sparking rumors that one or both of the actors may make a cameo in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, a mockumentary series based on the films. Still, since Efron is only one or two years older than his character, it makes the performance pretty believable. While the second movie followed the summer vacation of Troy Bolton and his friends, the third movie thematized their senior year at high school and their departure to college. He also starred in the drama At Any Price, which premiered at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival, and the historical drama Parkland, which premiered at the 2013 Venice International Film Festival. Some of the cast members were also teenagers, while others were much older. The directorial debut of Max Joseph, one of the brains behind the MTV phenomenon "Catfish: The TV Show," "We Are Your Friends" was Efron's first venture into arthouse territory. The film became a major commercial success and earned mostly positive reviews from critics, who also added that Efron had successfully shed his "Disney pretty boy" image.[23]. In 2019, Efron played a drug-addled libertine in the Harmony Korine film The Beach Bum. Efron again reprised his role in High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), the first film in the High School Musical franchise to receive a theatrical release. Hight School Musical. Zachary David Alexander Efron is an American actor. And now, as a grown-up, Efron has fully build an acting career for himself off his initial success as the teenage basketball player. In 2004, he began appearing as a recurring character in the first season of the WB series Summerland. Eventually, Efron's ambitions moved beyond the stage when his high-school drama teacher introduced him to an agent. He then played the title role in the supernatural romantic drama Charlie St. His layered performance carries the film, as does his chemistry with Lily Collins, who plays Bundy's partner Liz Kendall. After playing love interests in the global Disney Channel phenomenon, the duo took their romance off-screen and confirmed their relationship in 2007.

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