High School Musical 2 gossip

April 4, 2007 at 12:35 am | Posted in Gossip, Movies, TV News | 46 Comments

Drama, drama, drama. According to Jim Hill Media, Zac Efron is being difficult on the set of High School Musical 2 to make Disney rethink their plans for a third movie. He’s worried about being typecast. Even juicier, he’s apparently dating Vanessa Hudgens and trying to get her to pull a diva act, too. Anyway, supposedly this cost Zac the lead in Speed Racer, which has now gone to Emile Hirsch (The Girl Next Door).

It’s really a shame. For one thing, Zac would have been an awesome Speed Racer. For another, he doesn’t really need to worry about being pigeonholed. He’s always been the cast member with the most breakout potential. Plus, there’s no way you can stop Disney from doing High School Musical 3 — that thing is a gold mine. If worse comes to worse, they’ll just have Zac’s character move away and replace him with Drew Seeley, who sang most of Zac’s songs in the first movie and played the role on tour. (Don’t worry, Zac does his own singing in Hairspray and for the sequel.)

However, I wonder if this rumor is really true. A big New York Times article on the shoot didn’t mention any diva problems, and their reporters don’t shy away from printing that sort of thing. Maybe his uncooperative behavior is being exaggerated and leaked to the media so that Disney can use the negative press as leverage. At least, I hope that’s the case. (I don’t want any bratty teenage antics to ruin my High School Musical fun.)

Meanwhile, you’ll get to see Drew Seeley in action when the High School Musical concert airs May 4 on the Disney Channel. (I do love Zac Efron, but really, Drew’s so good, I wonder why he wasn’t cast in the first place. Can’t act? Used to be fat? There’s a story there somewhere.)