Zac Efron realized a few weeks ago that girls don't have cooties.
Even since then, he says the on-screen chemistry between himself and Vanessa Hudgens has been going as strong as the popularity of their show, High School Musical.
"For all of the partner things, me and Vanessa always got paired up," Efron, who is now dating his 18-year-old co-star, told reporters at a Disney Channel event in Los Angeles over the weekend.
"I was like, 'They're not trying us with other people.' For some reason we kept sticking around [for callbacks]. I don't know what it was with Vanessa, but we kind of clicked from the very beginning," People magazine reported Efron as saying.
The pair is now working the same magic off the set, threatening to unseat Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo as Hollywood's cutest couple.
Last week they got cozy at the L.A. premiere of Hairspray, in which Efron plays hunky Link Larkin. The couple watched the film together and held hands as they worked their way through the afterparty on the UCLA campus.
At the Disney Channel event, held to promote High School Musical 27, Efron revealed that he is almost as much of a fitness freak as Lindsay Lohan is a sex freak.
"I definitely like to stay active," he told People. "When I was younger, I was always outside playing sports. There's better things to do than sitting on the couch. I love hiking. If it gets me outside, if it gets me moving, then I love doing it."
Ashley Tisdale, another High School Musical alum, can vouch for Efron's health-conscious side.
"He was me and Vanessa's trainer on the first movie," Tisdale said. "It was so funny because he'd go, 'Do you really want to eat all those carbs?' And we were so scared, so we'd eat the carbs without him knowing, because he'd get on our case. It was fun."
Also fun? Efron's next project: a remake of the dance movie Footloose, in which he plays the Kevin Bacon character â" a project he says he's honored to be involved in.
"It's iconic," he says. "It's got some amazing music. It would be an honor to make that film again and put my own flair on it. I'm really excited to get started. I can't wait."
Sounds like how we feel about Britney Spears in Playboy. You know it's coming to that.
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July 19th, 2007 6:28 AM
i need a picture of zac and vanessa and if u plz a autograph from both and a big nice girls present because i have heared that you are very good buddies so plz be good 2 me
chao luv ya zac and of corse i love u vanessa
August 3rd, 2007 1:36 PM
VANESSA HUDGENS IS A WHORE WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY HER OLE INTHE KITCHEN HER CAREER AS A ACTRESS WILL END SO FAST!!! HAHA I KNOW IT WILL.
August 4th, 2007 7:36 PM
i love you to together and there is no one else who could ever make a better coulpe as them!!!!!!1
August 4th, 2007 7:41 PM
Stephanie i dont know who you are but you know nothing about vaessa and i bet you are more of a hole or what ever than whatb ever you are and i bet you are no where as pretty as she is and have zits ever where on your face and i love this together and i hate you so much ever if i do not know youugly so shut your moyuth!11
August 5th, 2007 10:12 PM
I hope it's true that zac and vanessa are really going out because i think they are SO cute together!!
August 15th, 2007 3:58 PM
I seriously dont know why you galz are going on about Zac and Vanessa to be honest and a given fact they d0nt even a pers0n like yourself exist in the world so please... Get over yourselfs please fast! Oh an you go Zac always make the best of life even if u got to put up with the crap! Its worth while... Love u lots good luck for the future!!! Sa gal.
Mwah
August 15th, 2007 6:25 PM
you 2 look really cute 2gether
August 16th, 2007 11:32 AM
hey zac and vanessa ,
you loooook so so so so so cute together
zanessa is a very sweet couple
I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE WANT TO GRAB VANESSA
AWAY FROM ZAC ???????
BUT I WANT TO TELL THAT
ZAC AND ASHLY LOOK SO MISERABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 20th, 2007 2:10 PM
This one goes to Zac-listen i dont know anything about your personal life and i support the fact that you are trying to keep it on the DL. Good Luck in life and make everything the best.
Love you like a brother, chow.
August 20th, 2007 4:10 PM
HSM cast-Guys i love that you are all so young and not drugies or sex gods or what ever else Hollywood has to show. I beilieve you can all be the next Martin Luther King Jr. group and change the world of Hollywood-not just paparazzi and peoples personal lives and money and fame or love but...makeing life the best it can be.
Love you all-chow.
P.S. Its my dream to meet all of you inspirering people someday and play piano with Kelsey!!!