Zac Efron - Zac Appreciation #7 ~ He's not gonna do an album just because he can. - Page 5

jessica3311 · 07-01-2008, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jeezbee (View Post)

I wanted to say, his driving behavior hasn't changed...

I agree that his life and with that his general behavior must have changed a bit. Yes, he's "famous" now and gets an incredible amount of media attentions. That will have some impact if he wants to or not.

What's relevant for me is that he hasn't started hanging out at the Ivy or goes shopping on Robertson Blvd. He's not babbling about his personal relationship, friends or family. From what I can see (admittedly that's only a small glimpse) he tries to continue his life as before as good as he can but of course has to take the increased attention into account.

He goes to award shows and other public events when he is presenting, nominated, or is promoting a movie but he's rarely going somewhere just to show up. The only real occasion of "publicity without reason" I can remember was the Fredrick's lingerie show and probably the Halo launch. Even when he went to the premiere of Judd's movie in December, he didn't walk the red carpet and tried to sneak in through the back. A lot of the time when articles are written about him, they use recycled quotes and photos - he rarely gives interviews outside of promotion. For many of the general public he's still conceived to be everywhere but we know a lot of that is driven by the media and not Zac.

He's not altruistic and innocent but he's not a famewhore either despite getting a lot of media exposure. Openings of an envelope are still save from him.

Oh you meant driving behavior

Very true on what u said...I know he used to attend AI shows but again that was before he made it really big. I think hes trying to stay grounded as much as possible for the position he is in and thats a great thing. I know if has more than 3 days off he would always go back to SLO.

*°*Peryne*°* · 07-01-2008, 08:22 AM

Bee, can I just say I love you and your brain ?

(Oh and can I borrow some of your intelligence and thinking skills ? Cos I definitely could use it

)

**V-Nessa** · 07-01-2008, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ~Jewel~ (View Post)

And I missed Nessa.

If I knew she would be here until early morning, I would have come earlier.

PS and totally OT: I went on MSN at 10:30 my time and you weren't there

The one day I get up semi-early on my day off too.

J/k!

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Originally Posted by ~Jewel~ (View Post)

ITA.
I can see him contributing a track to an OST or 'helping' a friend, that's about it.
It's 1.) I think it's not about the money for him and 2.) he's just not the type of guy to stand on a stage and perform his own music.

I don't know.

I completely agree. And maybe that's for the best; I still think he'd make a great album, though.

**Nonna** · 07-01-2008, 08:49 AM

He would definitely make a great album, he has an amazing voice. But I'm happy he's sticking to movies.

crisTM · 07-01-2008, 10:19 AM

Me too...maybe he'll pop up again in a musical in 20 years or so. I mean, Travolta took a LONG break from musicals!!

jeezbee · 07-01-2008, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ZacFanOnWheels (View Post)

Personally I think he may have gotten it through a connection to Disney. After all, the former president of Disney, Michael Eisner drives one (not sure if the current President does) so Audi may have some sort of placement deal with Disney. I mean, what's better advertising than having Disney's hottest young actor drive your car?

I don't think this has anything to do with Disney. For one, Audi wouldn't give Disney management a car for advertising - they have no value in that respect. Also, management contracts would always allow a manager to pick his car, not to get one "assigned" (if you're high enough) and that includes the brand.

Also, I don't believe for a second that Zac's connection to Disney is as close as many believe. In contrast to majority of Disney stars like Miley, etc, he doesn't have an ongoing contract for a TV show. All those stars are bound through a talent deal and/or ongoing (multi-year/multi-season) contracts for a show - these contracts determine what they can do outside their ongoing obligations (eg Disney has to give permission for movies outside Disney projects) and therefore they have a much tighter grip on them. Zac on the other hand did sign up only for a DCOM and once that was over Disney had no hold of him anymore. They needed to renegotiate for movie #2 and #3. Would have Disney had an ongoing contract, Zac would not have had the leverage to get them letting him sing in #2 or get the money he did in #3. Yes, Zac did participate in several Disney events after the first movie in particular but I don't think that was contractual. It seemed just a good move to promote the first movie and get more exposure. If Disney had a contract with the HSM cast members like they do with stars of their regular TV shows, eg Lucas would never ever gotten permission to do Milk. I don't hear Zac talking about a purity ring (which seems to be a new Disney thing) or doing any Disney related projects outside of HSM promotion. I'm sure he's grateful for the opportunities he got through Disney and he's a great promoter in general but I'm sure Disney would have him doing much more Disney Channel stuff if they had the power (eg do more guest appearances on other DC shows), try to get him to do *some* music even if it's only on one of the Disney compilations, etc.

Zac's team of talent agent, manager, publicist and lawyer are not "Disney shops" and he hasn't been doing any specific Disney meets/events for a while either. I have the feeling that he and his team control his career and not Disney.

What I wanted to say is that in my eyes he does not have any obligations to Disney outside HSM and so I don't think they would have any reason to get him a car. Of course, that's just my personal opinion and you're of course entitled to yours.

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Originally Posted by *°*Peryne*°* (View Post)

Bee, can I just say I love you and your brain ?

(Oh and can I borrow some of your intelligence and thinking skills ? Cos I definitely could use it

)

My brain says thank you, the rest of me is still blushing.

**follow the sun** · 07-01-2008, 11:45 AM

I don't know about Disney, but I've always thought he probably got the car for free. I know that stuff happens a lot in the industry. My dad used to work in the car industry, and lots of celebs got cars for free. Those pictures that came out immediately with the new car, that he drives an Audi in 17, V said Audi gave her a car.

I guess there's nothing wrong with that, just that it does happen.

Hmm maybe Audi saw how much exposure Oldsmobile was getting from pics of Zac, and thought it would be good marketing

**Nonna** · 07-01-2008, 12:09 PM

sashanaa · 07-01-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by zac'sgirl (View Post)

I don't know about Disney, but I've always thought he probably got the car for free. I know that stuff happens a lot in the industry. My dad used to work in the car industry, and lots of celebs got cars for free. Those pictures that came out immediately with the new car, that he drives an Audi in 17, V said Audi gave her a car.

I guess there's nothing wrong with that, just that it does happen.

Hmm maybe Audi saw how much exposure Oldsmobile was getting from pics of Zac, and thought it would be good marketing

**Nonna** · 07-01-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by crisTM (View Post)

Me too...maybe he'll pop up again in a musical in 20 years or so. I mean, Travolta took a LONG break from musicals!!

I could definitely see that happening.

Isn't Footloose supposed to be a musical? If that is still in the works that is.

~Jewel~ · 07-01-2008, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by write2me (View Post)

I could definitely see that happening.

Isn't Footloose supposed to be a musical? If that is still in the works that is.

Footloose is supposed to be a musical as far as I know.

Though I have no idea if it's still in the works. I haven't heard Zac talk about it in almost a year, but it wasn't supposed to happen before 2009 anyways, so maybe that's one of his projects for next year?

**Nonna** · 07-01-2008, 11:57 PM

Maybe.

I'd rather see him in 17 Again TBH so I am glad he ended up doing that first.

throwawaythekey · 07-02-2008, 12:12 AM

wow Bee, very insightful!!!

I would love him in a musical Footloose

**Nonna** · 07-02-2008, 12:14 AM

I love seeing Zac do musicals.

He is such a triple threat.

**follow the sun** · 07-02-2008, 12:19 AM

I'm dubious about Footloose *has fears of Ren McCormack doing the "Bet On It" dance* but I love the music in the original movie and would love to see Zac be part of that!

I'm looking the most forward to M&OW. I think it's something I'd be looking forward to, even if Zac weren't involved. Of course, it's just the icing on the cake!

No, I'm really looking forward to seeing him in something that (I think) will be very different from his other movies. See him branching out a bit.

(But I kind of wish the production of Julius Caesar was more traditional, with the tights and all

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