‘You Better Make It Damn Good’: Zac Efron Admitted He Wasn’t Looking To Do A Musical When The Greatest Showman Was Pitched To Him, But He Revealed Why He Said Yes


Zac Efron got his start in the musical theatre side of Hollywood, but across two decades of his career thus far, the actor has proven to have many more tricks up his sleeve than just High School Musical’s Troy Bolton. Heck, he was just part of the 2024’s Oscar season buzz for his role in The Iron Claw. Efron recently spoke to why his role in 2017’s The Greatest Showman brought him back to musicals at a time when he wasn’t “looking for” it.

Efron, of course, broke out in a huge way when he starred in the Disney Channel phenomenon High School Musical when he was 19. The movie would kick off a musical trilogy and lead the actor to also star in the Hairspray remake in the early ’00s. But it took the actor a decade before he would put his dancing shoes on for The Greatest Showman again. Here’s why, in his words:

Michael is such a visionary. I can admit that at the time that he came to me and sort of pitch this film to me, a musical was probably not the first thing I was looking for at the time. Then he sort of played me the music and talked me through his vision, and it was one of the most ambitious but also well thought out explanations of a story that I’ve ever experienced. This is kind of similar to working with Sean Durkin on The Iron Claw. It was very clear that Michael Gracey had this in his dreams, and he was going to bring to life a very vivid dream that meant something very special to him and was not one to compromise. So if you’re gonna make a musical you better make it damn good. And I felt like this was a chance to make it good.



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