Zac Efron Reveals His First Kiss

Zac Efron, a former High School Musical actor, fondly remembered his first kiss, which happened near an overlook while playing spin the bottle in a tree house. During a recent interview with W Magazine, he recalled the event was accompanied by the warmth of candles and took place on the girl's birthday. Although the 36-year-old star did not reveal the identity of the girl, the actor, who has dated his High School Musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens and model Sami Miro, shared his then celebrity crush was Tia Carrere from "Wayne's World".

Efron, who snuck in watching wrestling at home as a child with his brother, Dylan, had a full circle moment when he got the chance to portray wrestling icon Kevin Von Erich in the 2023 film "The Iron Claw". He confessed that preparing for the physically challenging role required him to wear few pieces of wrestling gears, which he agreed were not very concealing, to say the least.

During the making of the biopic, Efron and his co-star Stanley Simons, who played his on-screen brother Mike Von Erich, shared light-hearted moments. These included times when Simons played High School Musical songs to tease Efron. Efron quipped that the trick actually helped him understand Kevin's perspective and experience discomfort.

Since his High School Musical days, Efron had successful roles in several other films, such as '17 Again', 'Charlie St. Cloud', 'That Awkward Moment', 'Neighbors' and its sequel, 'Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates', and 'Baywatch'. He flaunted his physique alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the latter film. His passion for music reignited in 2017 with his role in 'The Greatest Showman'. In 2019, he acted as the notorious Ted Bundy in the Netflix film 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'. The actor now enjoys his time working in his adventure docuseries, 'Killing Zac Efron'.

In terms of personal life, Efron famously dated his High School Musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens from 2006 to 2010, and model Sami Miro from 2014 to 2016. In 2020, he began a relationship with model Vanessa Valladares in Australia, which ended in less than a year.

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