Just days short of his 21st birthday, Zac Efron covers Entertainment Weekly’s Photo Issue in stores now.
In the candid interview Efron shares a glimpse into his quasi normal life in Hollywood, which he deems an adventure. “I’m always bobbing and weaving through alleyways trying to get to meetings, scouting out and looking outside doors and running around like Jason Bourne,” says Efron. ”I’ve always loved secret agent movies, whether it be James Bond or Bourne Identity. Now I’m kind of living it.”
Whether it is Bourne or Bond, Efron has the charisma, attitude and appeal that could keep him in the spotlight for years to come. ”He had an ease and a charm where even if he messed up, it turned out better than if he had done it right.” HSM director Kenny Ortega says of Efron. ”He reminded me of Cary Grant or when I worked with Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller.”
Efron openly admires the careers of Johnny Depp and Lionardo DiCaprio who successfully made the leap from poster boy to Oscar contenders. ”They do it because they love it, not because they enjoy being famous. You have to have good foresight and be really careful. If you don’t adapt and learn at a very young age, you can really mess up.”
On the decision to film HSM3: ”This felt like a good final chapter of HSM for me,” Efron says of the film. ”The fans basically demanded we make it. So this was our opportunity to do everything to the best of our abilities on a big screen.”
On working with off-screen girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens: ”After three movies together, Vanessa and I feel free to do whatever we want, and we’re just kind of silly and uninhibited,” he says. ”It felt like the best working vacation I’ve ever taken.”
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