At this time, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron have spectacular careers to face on outdoors of what put them on the map. Nonetheless, I am persistently fascinated with their Excessive Faculty Musical days. So, when a particular throwback comes up that features the actors behind Tory and Gabriella, the Disney Channel child in me can’t assist however rejoice. So, that is precisely what I am doing after seeing Hudgens’ newest Instagram story.
The brand new mother shared a clip of her track “Say OK” on her Instagram tales, and it consists of the Baywatch actor. Whereas the one touch upon the story refers back to the now dated coiffure, the 2 of them are featured prominently within the footage. The enjoyable heart-fluttering flashback initially got here from velvetcoke’s IG put up that featured many different prime pop ladies of the time. Nonetheless, Hudgens deliberately sharing her video with Efron is simply too good, check out the story under:
Sure, the side-bang may be very of the time, and sadly, this relationship is simply too. Nonetheless, it is inconceivable to not look again on all of it fondly. I have to admit, rising up watching Hudgens and Efron on display screen and in actual life was a significant popular culture second for me and sure anybody who grew up with Disney Channel, and it is so nostalgic to see it now.
Actually, Hudgens’ put up about this video of her and Efron in 2007 makes me consider all of the enjoyable they will need to have had on the nonetheless watchable Excessive Faculty Musical motion pictures alongside the remainder of the forged.
The flicks, which may nonetheless be watched with a Disney+ subscription, really catapulted each of the actors into the beginning of their careers, and their real-life romance was the speak of the city. Nonetheless, within the years since they broke up, they do not actually say something about or do something with one another. Regardless, their run collectively stays a pillar of Disney Channel child popular culture royalty to me and plenty of others.
Now that it’s been about 15 years since their breakup, we’ve seen each go on to many thrilling endeavors.
For Efron, he’s been a fairly common face on the massive display screen for years now. Final yr, he had lead roles in Ricky Stanicky and A Household Affair, and the yr earlier than, he garnered important approval for The Iron Claw. This yr, he popped up on the 2025 TV schedule due to his visitor function in The Studio.
In the meantime, Hudgens welcomed her first child with husband Cole Tucker final yr (though they weren’t pleased with paparazzi on the hospital). Along with changing into a household of three, the actress and singer will begin engaged on The Black Kaiser, which is predicated on a Darkish Horse graphic novel entitled “Polar” by Victor Santos.
General, I really like all of this for them, and I can not wait to see what they do subsequent. Nonetheless, whereas it’s been a protracted whereas since my Disney Channel days, that child in me will all the time perk up when certainly one of them mentions their really iconic run collectively within the 2000s and 2010s.