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IZac Efron dons the cover of Interview Magazine
It’s late on Sunday night, I just finished watching Silence of the Lambs (a great way to end a weekend) and now I am browsing through some news that I might have missed in the past couple of days. In the flood of headlines, these words stood out to me: Zac Efron is the future.
Really? I didn’t get the memo.
The Disney pretty boy graces the cover of Interview Magazine’s
April issue (side note: the mag has a new look ) and he seems to be keeping his look consistent: slick hair accompanied by his trademark boyish, yet smoldering, crystalline eyes saying “I’m not that innocent.”
Nonetheless, that is quite a bold headline – and one that I am not ready to believe. I don’t think Zac is a terrible actor – but I don’t think he is anywhere near ready to win an Oscar. Even so, I think the kid has something besides his looks. I’m not be ready to invest in him, but I certainly will put him on the back burner.
For one, he’s stylish. He’s quite a dapper gentleman for his age. I like his fashion sense, but homeboy needs to calm it with the greasy hair photos. Secondly, I think he tries too hard to be a leading man. He should just let it happen organically. He’s not a mini-George Clooney. Lastly, every time I see him on red carpet interviews, it’s like he lowers his voice a couple of octaves and tries to use smart phrases as if he is 45.
I once read somewhere that Zac wanted to pick the brains of heartthrobs-turned-fine thespians Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio in order to see what career paths they took so that he can walk down them as well. I don’t think he should follow their paths, but he should use them as a rough guideline.
For starters, he may want to cut that Disney umbilical cord (unless he’s on some sort of Mouse House contractual lockdown). And if he really wants to play with the big boys, perhaps he should play a heroin addict (a la Leo in Basketball Diaries) or become a muse to a very directional and visionary director (a la Johnny and Tim Burton).
Whatever road Zac takes, I don’t want to necessarily call him “the future.” The boy is talented, but pinning him as the poster child of young Hollywood’s future is a little bit much, dontcha think?
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