Many of us can relate to the kind of life Zac Efron had growing up. Geeky, misunderstood, and not so good with the opposite sex. Now, that same shy school kid is one of the biggest sex symbols on earth. While many kids were playing sports, going to the malls, or playing video games, Zac was doing other things.
“I don’t remember Zac being popular at all,” Joyce Hartwig, a secretary at Arroyo Grande High School, told a British newspaper. “He wasn’t exactly the school heart-throb, he didn’t really mingle with the other students because he was always at the theatre and you never saw him with girls. And he had individual tutoring, so he wasn’t part of many lessons here either. He certainly wasn’t viewed as anything special just because he wanted to be an actor.”
His parents first discovered his talent while on a two-week road trip, during which the 11-year-old spent most of his time singing. Two weeks after that his parents took him to auditions for a local production of the musical Gypsy. Without any acting or musical training he got the part.
Soon after a drama teacher suggested that Zac audition for TV, and at 17 he was cast in the Disney hit High School Musical. The film made close to a billion dollars, making Zac a star. Fortunately, according to his parents, his success has not affected his attitude.
“Zac was raised very grounded. He was busy here in town doing plays and all that,” said his mother Starla Baskett. “He’s had the same friends all his life, and he didn’t really get into the Hollywood scene. Thank heaven for that. He’s still Zac. That’s from growing up here.”
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