Since the “High School Musical,” Zac Efron became a big name in the industry. In his journey with fame, he had struggled with depression, and for a while, he decided to step away from the spotlight, for a simple life, in Byron Bay.
After he sold his Los Angeles home, and moved to Australia for a new page in his life, and to relieve stress from his Hollywood life.
He was born on the 18th of October, 1987, in San Luis Obispo, California. His father David Efron and mother Starla Baskett raised their boys, Zac and Dylan in Arroyo Grande, California.
He was eleven when he showed his talents in singing, and later his interest turned towards to acting, as he became a part of “Gypsy.”
Between 2006 and 2008, Efron portrayed Troy Bolton in “High School Musical.” He became a worldly known young actor through the show. After “High School Musical,” Efron appeared in “Hairspray,” and “17 Again.”
Through the movies, “Charlie St. Cloud,” “The Lucky One” and “The Paperboy,” Efron had appeared in drama movies, where he performed with the themes of loss and love.
With “Baywatch,” in 2017, Efron underwent an incredible physical change. Later, he portrayed the serial killer Ted Bundy, in “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.” And he showed how successful he is with versitale roles he had acted in his career.
He appearead in “The Greatest Showman” with Hugh Jackman, and in “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” with Russel Crowe.
With the Baywatch, Efron started to change his physique, and with “The Iron Claw,” Efron’s change was visible even more, as he became a heavyweight Hollywood actor.
In the movie, Efron had gave life to Kevin Von Erich, from the legendary wrestling family of Von Erich. He gave life to his character who was born into a wretling family, and where he connected with his role’s emotional struggles.
He transformed his body into a wrestler’s body, and also mentally, he turned into a wrestler. For his role, he gave everything as he changed himself.
Harris Dickinson, co-star of Efron who plays Von Erich’s brother David, “Because he put in so much commitment, and so much time, his mindset was all ‘Iron Claw’,” said.
“His life was solely about that. It was contained. And it was shut off from everything else.”
Another co-star of Efron, Jeremy Allen White said, “Zac’s a maniac. He’s so focused and knowledgeable on training, diet, all that. In terms of a physical transformation, I think he kind of blew us all out of the water. He looks really amazing in this thing.”
In his interview with Kelly Clarkson, Efron said, “It was fun, man, I got to kind of disappear for seven or eight months and just really focus on that with a clear goal, and yeah, that kind of getting into that mode I think really helped with the character in so many ways. So absolutely, it was challenging but it it was fun to go into that zone.”
Many fans had praised the change Efron had throughout his career as, “inhuman proportions and talent.” “Zach Efron is an incredible actor. His body transformation just looks like something inhuman.”
In his interview with Variety, Efron talked about his eight-month of preparation for his role, and how committed he was for the perfect portrayal of Von Erich.
He had worked hard for his Baywatch role too, but that had hurted him mentally, as he was lacking sleep and was putting too much effort. “I fell into a pretty bad depression, for a long time,” Efron said.
“Ultimately they chalked it up to taking way too many diuretics for way too long, and it messed something up.”
After Efron moved to Byron Bay, Australia, when the pandemic was ruling the world, his life changed as he chose a new lifestyle.
“I’m in a van trying to travel and see as much of the world as I can, or just hiking in the woods and camping,” Efron said back in 2022.
“I learned the hard way about not sacrificing my real health for a look on camera,” Efron said.
On the 11th of December, 2023, Efron received his Hollywood Walk of Fame star, and his efforts and talent got recognized by the industry.
What do you think? Let us know.