'High School Musical': What Happened To The Cast?
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'High School Musical': The Cast Then & Now
It's now been more than 15 years since the first High School Musical movie was released! The film became a massive success internationally, with both sequels and soundtracks that came immediately after the initial 2006 release. Check out what the former group of Wildcats are up to now!
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Zac Efron
Zac Efron famously played the high school stud "Troy Bolton," captain of the school's varsity basketball team. The film kicked off his career tremendously, as he would then star in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and another high school movie, 17 Again (2009).
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Zac Efron
Now, Zac Efron is one of the most well-known young actors in Hollywood. He most recently portrayed serial killer Ted Bundy in the film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, which was distributed by Netflix. In May 2020, he also voiced "Fred Jones" in the animated movie Scoob!, released digitally due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens played "Gabriella Montez," the adorable love interest of Efron's character "Troy". In the movie, she met him during a New Year's Eve party and later became his girlfriend! The two stars actually dated in real life from 2005-2010!
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Vanessa Hudgens
Today, Vanessa has starred in a handful of films, TV shows and now even Netflix movies! Her most recent films include Bad Boys for Life, The Princess Switch and The Knight Before Christmas. Up next for the beautiful star is Lin-Manuel Miranda's drama musical film Tick, Tick... Boom!, as well as a sequel for The Princess Switch.
She previously dated actor Austin Butler from 2011 to earlier this year in 2020.
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Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale played the mean girl character of the film series as "Sharpay Evans". Prior to her High School Musical career, she actually gained fame through her role on the Disney series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. She also starred in the High School Musical spin-off Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure and released a soundtrack for the film.
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Ashley Tisdale
Today, Ashley Tisdale is a jill of all trades! The former "Sharpay" is not just an actress, but she also released her third studio album, Symptoms, in May 2019! On top of that, she has her own beauty line Illuminate Cosmetics as of 2016. She was previously starring in the CBS comedy Carol's Second Act, however the show was cancelled.
Tisdale has been married to musician Christopher French since 2013.
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Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu played "Chad Danforth" in High School Musical, the best friend and wingman of "Troy". During the filming of HSM, he also starred in the Disney movie Jump In! (2007), and released his first album Another Side in 2007.
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Corbin Bleu
Since the High School Musical franchise, Corbin Bleu has continued to act and sing, but this time on Broadway. Since 2010, he's been in 11 different Broadway productions! He also appears as a guest star in various TV shows, including The Middle and The Fosters. His latest album was Kiss Me, Kate released in 2019.
Bleu has been married to Canadian actress Sasha Clements since July 2016.
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Lucas Grabeel and Ashley Tisdale
Lucas Grabeel played "Ryan Evans," "Sharpay's" brother, in HSM. Though he was not as sabotaging as his sister, he also didn't portray the smartest character of the film franchise. During his High School Musical success, Lucas also starred in Halloweentown High (2004) and Smallville from 2006-2011.