Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens’ Relationship Timeline: From ‘High School Musical’ Costars to Real-Life Lovers
For all of the partner things, me and Vanessa always got paired up,” Efron revealed during a July 2007 interview with Disney, recalling his audition opposite Hudgens. “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.” That chemistry ultimately landed Efron and Hudgens as the lead roles in the Disney Channel film — Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez, respectively — who meet at a holiday karaoke party and later fall in love while portraying leads in their school’s musical. The movie, which premiered in January 2006, went on to spawn two sequels, a tour and a next-generation TV series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series , which debuted on Disney+ in November 2019. During an April 2019 appearance on the “ Always Chatter ” podcast, Hudgens echoed the Baywatch star’s sentiment about the...