Zac Efron reacts to being called “Zadi” and talks about playing his dad in “Fire Starter” (exclusive)

Yes, Zac Efron has reached the age of enough to play Dad. But in a real new dad’s fashion, a kid (sorry) man needs a lesson to suddenly redefine a term that entered the pop culture glossary about six years ago: Zaddy!

The 34-year-old actor is set to star in the restart of the 1984 horror movie, which is an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name. Eflon plays Andy Maggie, Charlie’s father, who has the power of pyrokinesis. Up-and-coming actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong, 12, plays Charlie.

In the new Keystorms film, which will be screened in theaters on May 14 and streamed on Peacock, many fans (especially millennials) will see Efron, who was 18 years old during the filming of his first “High School Musical.” Now old enough to play the role of dad. But now that the shock has subsided, they have relied on anointing him as Zadi.

“Wow, that’s cool!” Efron said. “Is’Zadi’not Zack Daddy, or what?” Honestly, what does Eflon mean by the term until ET’s Rorangema explains that it’s a cool dad? I had no idea. or, Esquire I once put it in an article in 2018: “Zadi is a charming and fashionable” stolen “man. “

“Is that …?” Efron asked. “Oh awesome. All right, I’ll take it.”

Later, Eflon’s co-star handed the trophy to her movie dad.

“The trophy of Zadi,” he said. “Oh, that’s what it means.”

Despite the fact that he’s the first to play Dad, pivoting to a new role is a tough story in a horror movie, and he didn’t really think about it.

“To say everything, there’s a lot going on in the movie, so being a dad was strange what was happening, but something more dangerous is happening,” Efron said. Explained. “That’s why I started to focus on it.”

Armstrong, who plays the iconic role of the then eight-year-old Drew Barrymore in the 1984 movie, makes it clear when he learns that the “Baywatch” star is about to play the movie’s dad. I remember.

“Do you really know what’s really interesting? I was watching The Greatest Showman,” Armstrong explained. “Is it okay to just look? And that night I got a call to you [Efron] I was playing my father. That night! “

Armstrong, who also appeared in “Racing Art in the Rain” and “The Tomorrow War”, received high praise.

“He really settled down in that role, became a person like this father, and was really helpful throughout the shoot,” she said. “And it was very giving, very presence, very immediate. It was the exact opposite.”

Eflon remembers seeing the original “Firestarter” when he was young, and has the image of never leaving him.

“I saw it when I was young,” he recalled. “And that image [the one where Barrymore’s character gives a menacing and deadly look] That’s right … it’s unforgettable. I can’t get out of my head. “

Armstrong, who is not a fan of horror, said he brought himself to see horror to prepare for that role.

“It was great to have that reference,” she said. “But at the same time, I’m having a lot of trouble watching horror movies. Of course, I’m not going to copy. And with Drew’s … her way of thinking about it and her way she envisioned it. It was great to be there, and it was really interesting to see it and build on it. “

This will not be the last time Efron draws his dad. He will play again with a reboot of “Three Boys and Babies”. The original 1987 comedy starred three singles, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, and Tom Selleck. They try to adapt to their lives when the baby is suddenly dropped off at the front door of a single pad in New York.

When it comes to teasers in that role, Eflon has a few things.

“I’m really excited to work on that project,” he said. “I’m very excited about the new draft coming soon. And yeah, I’m already in the second round. Wow, once you start it’s hard to shake this dad.”

When it comes to cameos from the original cast for a reboot, Eflon says he’s trying to round up the OG bachelor.

“Yes, I put good words on top with anyone I can,” he said. “But I love it. I think it’s necessary, so I’ll take a look. I’ll try it personally, yes.”

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