17 Again

September 13th, 2009

You can sum this up with one sentence: “Zac Efron is fighting to get out of High School Musical.”

It kind of works, because here we see him lusting over an older woman and his words are those of a 40-year-old. So he is not entirely a teen girl’s heartthrob, but a bit like a man.

But it kind of doesn’t work, because he is the hot guy in high school who plays basketball. So he’s still a bit of a teen girl’s heartthrob.

It’s like a moving-on movie. He could not totally break out of his role as what’s-his-face HSM character, so he had to give the viewers what they wanted. But he also let them know that he wants to do something else. So the next time you go into a theatre to see his movie, you might not get the usual teencandy. But who knows. Maybe you will.

I know that I got his message and I say go for it, but I don’t know how everyone else feels about his plans. Looking at the picture below I would not bet on their wholehearted support.

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