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好莱坞的风潮一向变幻莫测，初次在屏幕上看见扎克·埃夫隆时，你大概也没想到这个笑容可掬的邻家大男孩竟会成为美国少女心目中的新任白马王子。然而，在看遍不少明星的负面新闻之后，谁又能说这份平凡质朴的坦诚可爱不令人心动呢？
He’s a really nice guy.
Unlike most cute teen idols, who take the news that young girls find them attractive as a license to behave like jerks[蠢人], Zac Efron has a refreshing[爽朗的] honesty and a disarming[使消除警戒的] modesty[谦逊] that put him quite ahead of most of his competitors.
“I could show you 500 kids in L.A., who are my height, weight, hair colour and age - we’re a dime a dozen[很普通的]. Why did I get the parts I did? Who knows? But the minute I start thinking it’s because I was special, that’s
when I know I’m in trouble.”
Efron didn’t begin in a show business family - far from it.
“I lived a normal childhood in a middle-class family. When I was younger, I didn’t even know this business existed.”
It was Efron’s dad who first sensed his son’s
talent in the acting world and encouraged him to do school musicals like many other kids. For a while, it was like any normal scenario[脚本] where the talented son impresses family and friends with his accomplishments. But later on, some of the professional started noticing the nice young man. High-powered agents swept in to make the California kid a worldwide star.
Though the successful comedy Hairspray (2007) put Efron in the public eye as its appealing[吸引人的] romantic lead, there’s no doubt that his early performance as Troy Bolton in the phenomenon[轰动] known as High School Musical made him a giant star to begin with.
“We made the movie with low expectations,” he now admits. “And, initially[起初], there was no phenomenon. But then, suddenly, pandemonium[喧嚣] broke loose and there we were, on all kinds of American programmes.”
Today, High School Musical
2 has turned out to be one of the hottest sequels[续集] that came out this summer.
“It’s a blast[爆炸]!” says Efron. “If that one was Grease, then this one is Dirty Dancing.”
Right now, Efron admits,
“I’m one lucky guy to have landed in such awesome projects.”
But he’s also happy about the success of the High School Musical series and Hairspray for another reason, “They tell kids that what’s really important in life is following your dreams and truly being yourself.”
Efron flashes his million-dollar注 smile.
“Hey, if it happened to me, then, man, it can happen to anybody.”
他真是个迷人的小伙子。
不同于许多相貌英俊的青少年偶像—他们将年轻女孩的追捧当作其愚蠢行为的许可证—爽朗可亲的诚实态度和能化敌为友的谦逊之心是扎克·埃夫隆胜于大多数对手的法宝。
“我可以（轻易）给你在洛杉矶找500个像我这种身高、体重、发色和年纪的男孩—我这样的人多得很。那为什么我能做到？天晓得。可是，只有在遇到麻烦的时候，我才会想到原来自己与众不同。”
埃夫隆并非演艺世家出身—完全不是。
“我在一个中产家庭度过平凡的童年。小时候，我根本不知道这个行业的存在。”
埃夫隆的父亲首先发现了儿子的演艺天分，并鼓励他像其他孩子一样参与学校音乐剧的演出。刚开始，像一般的故事那样，他的出色表现令家人朋友刮目相看。后来，一些专业人士注意到这个优秀的小伙子。最后，实力雄厚的经纪人把这个加州男孩打造成世界级明星。
大获成功的喜剧片《发胶》（2007年）把埃夫隆—他在里面饰演浪漫迷人的主角—带入了公众的视野，但毫无疑问，让埃夫隆踏上巨星之路的是他之前在轰动一时的《高校音乐剧》（一译《歌舞青春》）中演绎的特罗伊·博尔顿。
“拍《高校音乐剧》的时候，我们期望不高，”他现在坦承道，“而且，一开始并没有引起什么轰动。然后突然舆论大兴，我们就不断出现在各式美国电视节目上。”
如今，《高校音乐剧2》是这个夏季最火的电影续集之一。
“续集绝对会让你过把瘾，”埃夫隆说，“如果说第一部是《火爆浪子》，第二部就是《辣身舞》。”
现在，埃夫隆承认：“能参与这么出色的电影，我实在太幸运了。”
然而，还有另一个原因让他为《高校音乐剧》系列以及《发胶》的成功而兴奋—“它们告诉孩子，生命中最重要的事情就是追逐你的梦想，做真实的自己。”
埃夫隆露出灿烂的笑容。
“嘿，如果我能做到，那么，伙计，任何人都可以做到。”
He’s a really nice guy.
Unlike most cute teen idols, who take the news that young girls find them attractive as a license to behave like jerks[蠢人], Zac Efron has a refreshing[爽朗的] honesty and a disarming[使消除警戒的] modesty[谦逊] that put him quite ahead of most of his competitors.
“I could show you 500 kids in L.A., who are my height, weight, hair colour and age - we’re a dime a dozen[很普通的]. Why did I get the parts I did? Who knows? But the minute I start thinking it’s because I was special, that’s
when I know I’m in trouble.”
Efron didn’t begin in a show business family - far from it.
“I lived a normal childhood in a middle-class family. When I was younger, I didn’t even know this business existed.”
It was Efron’s dad who first sensed his son’s
talent in the acting world and encouraged him to do school musicals like many other kids. For a while, it was like any normal scenario[脚本] where the talented son impresses family and friends with his accomplishments. But later on, some of the professional started noticing the nice young man. High-powered agents swept in to make the California kid a worldwide star.
Though the successful comedy Hairspray (2007) put Efron in the public eye as its appealing[吸引人的] romantic lead, there’s no doubt that his early performance as Troy Bolton in the phenomenon[轰动] known as High School Musical made him a giant star to begin with.
“We made the movie with low expectations,” he now admits. “And, initially[起初], there was no phenomenon. But then, suddenly, pandemonium[喧嚣] broke loose and there we were, on all kinds of American programmes.”
Today, High School Musical
2 has turned out to be one of the hottest sequels[续集] that came out this summer.
“It’s a blast[爆炸]!” says Efron. “If that one was Grease, then this one is Dirty Dancing.”
Right now, Efron admits,
“I’m one lucky guy to have landed in such awesome projects.”
But he’s also happy about the success of the High School Musical series and Hairspray for another reason, “They tell kids that what’s really important in life is following your dreams and truly being yourself.”
Efron flashes his million-dollar注 smile.
“Hey, if it happened to me, then, man, it can happen to anybody.”
他真是个迷人的小伙子。
不同于许多相貌英俊的青少年偶像—他们将年轻女孩的追捧当作其愚蠢行为的许可证—爽朗可亲的诚实态度和能化敌为友的谦逊之心是扎克·埃夫隆胜于大多数对手的法宝。
“我可以（轻易）给你在洛杉矶找500个像我这种身高、体重、发色和年纪的男孩—我这样的人多得很。那为什么我能做到？天晓得。可是，只有在遇到麻烦的时候，我才会想到原来自己与众不同。”
埃夫隆并非演艺世家出身—完全不是。
“我在一个中产家庭度过平凡的童年。小时候，我根本不知道这个行业的存在。”
埃夫隆的父亲首先发现了儿子的演艺天分，并鼓励他像其他孩子一样参与学校音乐剧的演出。刚开始，像一般的故事那样，他的出色表现令家人朋友刮目相看。后来，一些专业人士注意到这个优秀的小伙子。最后，实力雄厚的经纪人把这个加州男孩打造成世界级明星。
大获成功的喜剧片《发胶》（2007年）把埃夫隆—他在里面饰演浪漫迷人的主角—带入了公众的视野，但毫无疑问，让埃夫隆踏上巨星之路的是他之前在轰动一时的《高校音乐剧》（一译《歌舞青春》）中演绎的特罗伊·博尔顿。
“拍《高校音乐剧》的时候，我们期望不高，”他现在坦承道，“而且，一开始并没有引起什么轰动。然后突然舆论大兴，我们就不断出现在各式美国电视节目上。”
如今，《高校音乐剧2》是这个夏季最火的电影续集之一。
“续集绝对会让你过把瘾，”埃夫隆说，“如果说第一部是《火爆浪子》，第二部就是《辣身舞》。”
现在，埃夫隆承认：“能参与这么出色的电影，我实在太幸运了。”
然而，还有另一个原因让他为《高校音乐剧》系列以及《发胶》的成功而兴奋—“它们告诉孩子，生命中最重要的事情就是追逐你的梦想，做真实的自己。”
埃夫隆露出灿烂的笑容。
“嘿，如果我能做到，那么，伙计，任何人都可以做到。”