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Zac Efron Wants to Star in Memphis Movie?

Posted by Adam

Thursday August 19, 2010

Zac EfronZAC Efron wants to star in a movie adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical Memphis.

The actor and his girlfriend, actress Vanessa Hudgens, attended Tuesday night’s performance, Efron’s second visit to the show in a month, and was overhead saying that he’s keen to play the lead role of Huey Calhoun, a 1950s-era Memphis radio DJ played onstage by Chad Kimball.

According to New York Post gossip column Page Six, Efron hung out with the cast during intermission and gushed over female lead Montego Glover.

“When Montego came over, Efron said, ‘I just can’t stay away from the show,’” Efron said, according to the Post.

Zac has previously revealed that he’d like to tread the boards of Broadway.

“Every time I see a show on Broadway I get this deep feeling that I just really want to be up on stage with those guys,” he said earlier this year.

“The challenge is just to get away and find the time to do it. I hope I can soon.”

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  • http://www.gmx.co.uk TJ

    well, he can sing and dance so, i say go for it, zac(lets just hope he doesn’t sissapoint like ‘nessa did in rent)
    :)

  • http://www.drunkofflife.com jbk

    Wow I’d love to see him try to fake a Memphis accent

    http://www.drunkofflife.com/this-guy-sucks/fuck-this-guy-zac-efron/

    • yasmin

      me 2 jbk :d

  • Fariborz

    he is overdued…///…///

  • kyle

    I hope Zac gets the lead role of the broadway musical “Memphis,” if there is ever a movie adaptation.

  • kyle

    On the contrary, TJ, V’s performance in Rent was okay considering that she was only given two-weeks to prepare for it.