Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
ActingIsLovee
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#1Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 5:59pm
O thank goodness.
And it sounds like he doesn't want to do anymore musicals. Again, thank goodness. Now if he'd only give up acting completely...
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#2re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 6:10pmThank God, I bet this forces them to cancel the whole thing.
#2re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 6:12pmWithout his participation, it's only a matter of time before the entire project is cancelled.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 6:13pmWe can hope!
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#4re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 6:49pmI would have liked to see him sing and dance again.
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#5re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 7:03pmAw, man, I've never liked Zac Efron at all, but I really thought this project was the perfect role for him-- a much better role than the ones he's done before. I was actually looking forward to this.
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Brick
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
#7re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 7:16pmThey should get that guy from the Nickelodeon "Spectacular" musical. He's the same type of cookie cutter pop tween.
yankees1253
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/07
#8re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 9:23pm
I'm not trying to be mean but i am with you all. I feel he can't act either.
Hoping they ask Jesse Mccartney to do replace him.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#9re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 9:30pm
Well after seeing the commercials for 17 AGAIN,
It's clear he can do anything,
(but act).
He ain't no Tab Hunter.
Why doesn't he just do porn and get it over with?
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TheatreDiva90016
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#11re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 9:43pm
What a slap in the face to Kenny Ortega.
I hope Zac has something really big to replace it.
If not, his name will be mud in this town.
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#12re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 9:44pm
oooh! Porn would be an excellent alternative!
But in all seriousness.. I am seeing the end of his career in the near futurue.. He should stick with what made him popular to begin with, stick with his roots.. it is great to set goals, and try to achieve them... but in times such as these he should keep what is given to him and not take it for granted! Many have lost a career because they got greedy.
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#13re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 9:46pm
Why doesn't he just do porn and get it over with?
Yes please! 
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#14re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 9:55pmWhich Jonas Brother will it be....?
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#15re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:02pm
"He should stick with what made him popular to begin with, stick with his roots.."
I'm not sure I agree. I don't think Efron is very good, but I'm open to being surprised. If he did something really out-of-the-box, like a mentally challenged character or something, and does it well, he could really gain some credibility.
#16re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:20pm
LOL to the above post. Tropic Thunder anyone?
Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...
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#17re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:30pmIs it wrong that I was kind of looking forward to Efron starring in it?
#18re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:34pmAwww. Darn. Shucks. What a shame...
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#19re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:48pm
TheActr97J- Bahahaha! Stems from fact though, doesn't it? I must say Leonardo Di Caprio won me over in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" as did Adrian Brody in "The Village."
Makes me want to see Tropic Thunder!
#20re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:49pmIt is great for some, but I think Zac Efron's circumstances will not allow for such things.
#21re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 10:50pmProbably not. But I'm open to it.
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#22re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 11:06pmFootloose is about a TOWN that can't dance, not about an ACTOR who can't dance. I'm guessing they dumped Efron. And thank goodness!
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dapperchapper
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#24re: Zac Efron Bows Out of Footloose Remake!
Posted: 3/23/09 at 11:54pm
Who would everyone like to see replace him?
Not who you think they will pick, if they continue with the remake, but who would you like to see in the role?
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