Since graduating from ‘High School Musical‘, Zac Efron has sketched a variety of roles. The eye candy of Hollywood has played it all – from a goofy Freddie in ‘Scooby Doo’ to the serial killer Ted Bundy in ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile’. However, the actor fell into a deep hole of substance abuse issues and alcoholism. In 2013, it was reported that he partied for four consecutive days while drugged with cocaine and MDMA. The addiction ended with him in a rehabilitation facility. But, in 2014, he opened up about his struggle with addiction. Cut to 2022, he is ready to play the role of the wrestler Kevin Von Erich in ‘The Iron Claw’.
Efron will be seen portraying the WWF wrestler (Now, WWE) and the “rise and fall” of the wrestling clan. For the role, the actor is in the greatest shape of his life with a buffed body. The ‘Greatest Beer Run Ever’ actor was seen on the sets in Louisiana as the filming kick-started. Now, the wrestler has reacted to the transformation of Efron for the film.
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“I Don’t Think I Ever Looked That Good”: Kevin Von Erich Likes Zac Efron’s Transformation
Since the pictures of Zac Efron broke on the internet, fans are stunned to see their beloved actor in the hot bod. The reason for the body is for the WWE wrestler Kevin Von Erich’s role in the upcoming A24 produced ‘The Iron Claw’. It is not new for the actor to play a real-life character. In 2019, the actor portrayed Ted Bundy, a serial killer in ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile’. But, he is now playing the role of an icon alive.
Kevin Von Erich was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2009 after 33 years in the wrestling ring. The wrestling icon now has reacted to the body transformation of Efron. The wrestler is surprised by the hard work and transformation that the actor is going through. He said in an interview with TMZ, “It’s gonna be a hard job, I think, it’s a lot of information and a lot of time and so they’ve got some tough work ahead of them, but I saw of a picture of the guy and he looked great.”
He continued, “I don’t think I ever looked that good, so I think they’re going to do great. I’ll bet they do.” Kevin praised Efron and the hard work he is putting in. Von Erich admitted that Zac does have a good body. “I’ll tell ya, for the picture that they showed me at first and the picture they showed me the other day he must really be working out hard because you’re right, he does have a good body.”
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Zac Efron Admitted That He “Trained Differently” Than ‘Baywatch’ For The Wrestler’s Role
No one can forget those painted and that the actor flaunted in the Dwayne Johnson starrer ‘Baywatch’. However, the actor had to go through strenuous training to attain that body which pushed him “into a pretty bad depression”. While talking to Men’s Health, he said that he has a different approach for the Von Erich biopic.
Recalling the behind-the-scenes for the body that he attained during ‘Baywatch’ he said, “That Baywatch look, I don’t know if that’s really attainable. There’s just too little water in the skin. Like, it’s fake; it looks CGI’d. And that required Lasix, powerful diuretics, to achieve. So I don’t need to do that. I much prefer to have an extra, you know, 2 to 3 percent body fat.”
The fitness regime for the film had serious mental and physical repercussions for the actor. Zac said, “I started to develop insomnia and I fell into a pretty bad depression, for a long time. Something about that experience burned me out. I had a really hard time recentering. Ultimately they chalked it up to taking way too many diuretics for way too long, and it messed something up.”
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