Zac Efron flies over the tires at the Aviation Warehouse in El Mirage, Calif., in this new shoot from the September 2010 cover of Details magazine.

The 22-year-old actor sat down with the mag during a recent trip to Boston to chat about learning Mission: Impossible moves from Tom Cruise, his run-in with poison oak and the real reason why he doesn’t date around. Check it:

On not dating around Hollywood: “I think a lot of guys would enjoy that. But I’m not really like that. Believe me, I rack my brain thinking ‘Why am I not out there playing the field?’ One of my buddies was like, ‘You have no idea what’s going on right now. You’re peaking on Ecstasy and you’re watching TV.’ But it’s not in my heart. It’s exactly how it should be. It’s real.”

On learning to ride from Tom Cruise: “I don’t even want to know [why he offered to teach me]. It’s just so cool that he gave a sh*t, the fact that he cared at all. No one else did that.”

On contracting poison oak right before his interview: “Dude, it’s like everywhere. Everywhere. I can’t even begin to show you, ‘cause you’ll get so grossed out. I look like
a zombie from Dawn of the Dead.”

Zac’s DETAILS cover hits stands later this month.

Source: Just Jared

I’ve uploaded pictures from Jimmy Kimmel Live and Lopez Tonight! Enjoy the pictures.

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We didn’t need another reason to fancy Zac Efron. But now we wish we were Vanessa Hudgens even more after Zac Efron revealed he loves to cook her romantic meals. The hunky 22-year-old told OK! Magazine that he’s capable of cooking up a storm in the kitchen department.

He said: “I can follow directions and I think that’s mostly what cooking is. I’m good at following written instructions, so if I look up a recipe I can kind of do it.

And Zac revealed that lasagne is his speciality.

“I’m not like a gifted chef and I’m not good with the flavours, but I can definitely make lasagne from scratch. Actually no, I don’t make the pasta [laughs].”

Source: OK! Magazine

Mega-gorgeous HSM star Zac Efron is sitting across from me! The 22-year-old and I are kickin’ it at the beach in Marina, Del Rey, Ca. where he has agreed to tell us all about his new romantic drama film “Charlie St. Cloud” in which he plays a small-town hero who withdraws from life when his little brother dies. We are learning what Zac likes about his leading lady Amanda Crew, how he dealt with his most embarrassing fan encounter moment on the streets of L.A., where he, Vanessa and pals would love to sail (now that he’s learned how for the film) and how he’s changed since we first met him in 2005!

Zac’s “Charlie” director has only praise for his hard-working young star and reminded us that, for the film “17 Again,” Zac practiced spinning a basketball and passing it to the tips of his fingers, until those fingers bled! This is one dedicated actor. He was just as determined to learn to sail like a pro for “Charlie”. Sitting down with Zac to get the latest, we went all retro and handed him a digital pic we took of him in 2005 before HSM ever came out. He was 16.

I took this of you in 2005 at a ‘meet and greet’ for young stars of tomorrow. You had finished HSM but it hadn’t even been on TV yet. You were sitting there alone. I decided to come over and talk to this cute young guy and you told me all about ‘High School Musical’.
Zac: Oh Wow! [he laughs] That’s so funny! That’s very cool! [I hand him the picture and he keeps looking at it].

Who were you then? Who are you now? And what do you miss about the teen in that picture?
Zac: Oh man! [looking at the picture] I think right there it was just the naiveté. There was always a ‘best case scenario’ that was next and you were pointed in the right direction and you would either get that project or you wouldn’t. It was very simple at that time.

And now?
Zac: Now, I’m being privy to so much more information and being behind the scenes of a lot of stuff, it’s become more of a full-time job for me. I think here [at age 16], not to say it was less work but, look at me! I don’t have a care in the world here [we laugh]. Now I’m running my own ship more. Then I was waiting for that big surprise and I was still in high school. That’s one thing that’s been great is I’m not having to wake up early for class all the time.

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Enjoy watching Cinemax’s “60 secons with Zac Efron and Amanda Crew”!

Enjoy watching Zac Efron who was interviewed for CBS 2!

Enjoy watching Zac who was interviewed for ABC7 Chicago News on 22 July 2010!

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In just a few short years, he’s gone from being a kid doing supporting roles…to being the leading man in his own movies! His latest movie, ‘Charlie St. Cloud’ opens july 30th… and today Zac Efron joins us on the Morning News!

Source: WGN TV

In PARADE’s July 25 cover story with “Charlie St. Cloud” star Zac Efron, the 22-year-old actor gives an inside look into how he spends his summers and opens up about his “partner in crime” Vanessa Hudgens. In these exclusive extras, Efron talks about leaving his teen-idol phase behind for his latest role as a young man torn between mourning the loss of his brother and moving on with his life. Plus, what he misses most about his high school days and how he came to be known as a “floater.”

What attracted him to such a sobering role.
“Every once in awhile, you read a script and you get that special feeling in your gut. I was touched by what the character, Charlie, goes through, and I thought it was a story worth sharing. And the fact that I have a little brother myself gave it a lot of resonance.”

Taking a break to spend some much-needed time with his brother.
“[I] kicked off the summer by taking my little brother, Dylan, on a graduation trip to Hawaii. He’s going off to college next year, and I’ve been working very hard, so we haven’t been able to see each other as much as we would have liked to in the past few years. We hiked through the inner jungle in Maui, and you come across these really beautiful spots. We found this hidden place where there was an enormous waterfall and cliff jump. It was about a thirty-five foot drop.”

Taking the plunge.
“Once you’ve done it, the funny part is trying to convince someone else to jump off, too. I’m the one who’s always saying, ‘Go for it, go for it – jump!’ And then when you come up out of the water, you feel fantastic.”

On his performance in “Me and Orson Welles,” featuring a distinguished cast of older English actors.
“It was pretty intimidating at first. So I really had to convince myself that I had the right to be there. But that’s where the rush is. You say, ‘Can I really do this? Can I pull it off?’ The fun part of acting is testing your limits in every way, constantly throwing everything against the wall and seeing what sticks. But since you never know how it’s gonna wind up, it’s a lot like gambling.”

His dad works as an engineer at a power plant, although Zac confesses that he’s not quite sure what he does.
“I’m not exactly sure what he’s in charge of. He’s kind of top secret about it; he could in fact be a spy and be lying to me about the whole thing.”

Check out the full interview in the Sunday, July 25, issue of PARADE, available in your Sunday newspaper.

Source: Parade.com

Hollywood movie star Zac Efron talks to Gyant Unplugged about his new film “Charlie St. Cloud.”