Not The Future

Interview has done Zac Efron no favors. He’s too generic, too pretty, too mild, and too accomodating to be any kind of tomorrow guy. If anything he’s the past in the sense that he’s Guy Madison, Troy Donahue, Tab Hunter, the Bay City Rollers, etc. His best performance so far was in Me and Orson Welles (which I saw in Toronto). His cautious manner in that film is oddly appealing in that he seems to know he’s not much of an actor and is wisely staying within a safe perimeter.

20 thoughts on “Not The Future

  1. Why mess with a good thing right now? Every woman in the country from 11 to 31 wants him right now. Let him stretch once the dust begins to settle.

    Trust me, I’m one of many guys I know who will have to sit through 17 Again. (Wow, I just thought I must have had that title wrong and mixed up with the George Burns 18 Again flick, but nope, had it right).

  2. You ain’t kiddin, Josh. He is about the cutest thing on two legs. But you can push that number past 31 to 44. At any rate, looking at him makes us all wish we were 17 again. *Hot*

  3. Zac Efron is the perfect man for women who want to phase into their resigned lesbianism by lusting after the prettiest man they can. Let’s just hope he ages better than Richard Greico.

    But at least he’s not a cannibal child molester like Robert Pattinson. 3…2…1…

  4. He’s a weird looking gimpy boy. Surely Channing Tatum is the star of the future – pretty yet can carry off more masculine roles, and clearly has talent. Efron will forever be known as the High School Musical kid.

  5. “Zac Efron is the perfect man for women who want to phase into their resigned lesbianism by lusting after the prettiest man they can.”

    I guess Burm has been rejected by a lot of resigned lesbians.

    And I’ve heard that Robert Pattinson is actually a lesbian.

  6. Dont know how long he’ll be willing to stay within safe parameters. He just dropped out of the Footloose remake and obviously trying to branch out. But i agree, unless he goes for a really edgy project, he is far too generic to break out of this American golden boy thing he has going. Unlike Tatum who oozes charisma, Efron is just bland to watch on screen.

  7. Prager, if by that you mean I have made the idea of dating any more men too sad for them, then yes, probably. And you should really be careful about libel…

  8. Yes, Pattison’s role in the L-Word spinoff is a done deal. But the KISS biopic (where he plays Ace Frehley) is still very hush hush.

  9. Clearly, Efron needs to star as an edgy emo gay character in one of Gus Van Sant’s upcoming projects…and I mean that as a compliment ;)

  10. Actually, I think that Van Sant should cast Efron in an updated remake of AMERICAN GIGOLO–with Nicole Kidman in the Lauren Hutton role.

  11. I don’t think he’s quite ready for AMERICAN GIGOLO or a Gus Van Zant film just yet. He was just on the Kids Choice Awards. But give him some time. Maybe he has some weird performances in him?

  12. I only (vaguely) know who the Efrons and Tatums of the world are as a result of reading sites like this. I’ve seen the names in print, but I couldn’t pick ‘em out of a lineup.

    Of course, I felt the exact same way about Heath Ledger a few short years ago, so you never know. But until I hear serious buzz from credible sources, I’ll remain happily ignorant.

  13. If I were to hire a gigolo I’d be devastated if a fey little thing like Zac Efron turned up. Inspite of the fact that most gigolos probably are more like Efron than, say, a Robert Mitchum type.

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