Mon, 08 December 2008 at 9:13 pm
Zac Efron On Drugs? Say It Ain’t So!
It ain’t so.
But if Zac Efron signs on for the much-talked about sequel to the 2007 movie musical Hairspray, his character Link Larkin would!
Producer Marc Shaiman tells MTV that the sequel would be a true John Waters-type film. But what about the plot? He shares, “People hate Tracy (Nikki Blonsky) because she doesn’t lose weight. They ask ‘Now that you’re famous, why won’t you lose weight?’. And Link (Efron) experiments with drugs. Throughout half the movie, he has an ongoing dialogue with three pimples on his forehead. Edna (John Travolta) loses weight, but sees her husband (Christopher Walken) lusting after fat women. And so, she finally breaks down and runs over to a snack table. Just within one number, she gets fat again; gaining 20 pounds at a time. [Her fat] pops out, and by the end of the song she’s completely at her old weight again.”
WHAT YOU YOU THINK — would you go see Hairspray 2?

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NOOO!!!
no offense i L-O-V-E ZAC EFRON
but i hate NIKKI!!
and drugs?!?!?
in MY opinion it sends a bad message if teenthrob zac efron is experimenting with drugs
has a weird plot…….i thot the 1st one was kinda gay.
FIRST!!!!
oh, and I HATE HATE HATE HATE nicki (sp?)
so i don’t want to see it.
NOT!
zac is a great actor but hairspray sucks
this is a joke right?
Ewh, if that’s how it’s going to be, I’m definitely NOT going to see it.
I hope Zac doesn’t sign on…
dont do it Zac, dont sign on HS2.
he needs to get away from musicals.
that’s kind of weird. i didn’t like this plot.
i doubt thats the plot of the movie…its probably just a joke
but i do agree with the above poster…zac needs to move on
uggh, zac baby please dont do this, you can do way better and this plot SUCKS.
Nikki’s all down for it right?
No wonder, if Zac’s doing it, she would be.
That sounds like an incredibly stupid plot. No… I would not go see this movie. It’d be a wasted 15 bucks!
I really liked the first Hairspray- I don’t think they should overdo it with a sequel… especially if it’s going to include that scene that Zac described. It would totally just be overkill. :/
your kidding right ? I agree with #9…he has to get away from musicals for a while…but then again, it’s his choice…and if he does sign onto it…I’ll watch it, just to see Zachary and support him !!
…btw, i think someone else can come up with a better plot, because really..that is the dumbest plot I’ve ever heard..that’s like saying in a way, they hate fat people who are famous. That’s not cool…they might as well make rate this Hairspray as M…or R…
personally, i absolutely loved Hairspray, but if this is the actual plot for the sequel, then i wouldn’t waste my money in order to go see it. when i first heard that there was going to be a sequel, i was excited. a sequel to one of your favorite movies, who wouldn’t be excited? but this plot just broke my double of excitement.
first of all, people hate Tracy for being fat? isn’t that the reason why they liked her in the first place? because she brought something new to the table? technically she was already famous, at least in Baltimore, and no one hated her for it, except for the ‘villains’. so why would they hate her now?
and Link experimenting with drugs? is the person who came up with this plot on drugs? (no offense even if the person is offended) why would he be experimenting with drugs? i mean, i know he isn’t going to always be a teen heartthrob. Zac wants to branch out and try new things, but why have his character Link do the drugs in the first place? and what’s with the pimples? seems kind of random.
but the part of what the producer explained that really confuses me is why is Edna losing weight, when one: that’s what people love about her character. she is overweight and learns to live with it, not caring what others thought. and two: she, in the first movie, already learned that her husband loves, adores, and somewhat cherishes her, fat and all. that confuses me.
im not trying to be rude, though it might seem that way. who knows the movie could be a good one, but from what i just read, it doesn’t seem like a sequel. it seems as if it’s a different movie, not one that will follow the first.
–mini m
Sorry to burst anyone’s bubble, but Zac Efron has NOT signed on to do this movie.
Not so. Just another rumor.
no the plot is so stupid…the 1 one was stupid to i only watched it cuz of zac …nikki is a fat ass n this movie only makes fat people happy n feel good bout themselves so stupid….y dont fat pple go lose some weight its so stupid it piisses me off they ****** lazy thats y get on the ****** treadmill nd run thats not hard theyre killing themselves ne way all that fat is clogging up their arteries this makes kids think being fat is ok which is not we re suppose to be encouragin kids to be healthy not stuff themselves to death ..nikki looks like shes about to explode soon how much does she weigh? 999999999999999 she sure as hell looks fater than a whale
NOOOOOOOO! i would not watch this! Zac efron doing drugs oh hell no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully he wont sign for this like no joke STOP WITH THE MUSICALS! i love Zac but please dont do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would deffenetly NOT see this movie!
It’s sad this seems to be becoming reality.
He will probably have 17 Again & Me & Orson Wells come out by the time this happens, so doing this won’t completely typecast him as a musical lead, ruin him or stop people from taking him seriously as an actor just yet. But yeah to a certain extent there will be a bit more of typecasting for him to fight off, since there is also Footloose with his name on it. It’s also doing another sequel.
But judging by preliminary details, it sounds like HS2 will be horrible, it’s sequel of a remake & except for the nutcase diehards (who have far more problems than just gong crazy wanting this) the vast majority of the public thinks it is a bad idea and do not want it.
Most of the older cast refuses to be a part of this, so it gives Zac a bit of an out. He may think he owes director Adam, but Adam Shankman was one of the first & most vocal in telling Zac to not become the musical guy, so he’d understand. As for the younger crew of Brittany, Amanda, Elijah-I don’t follow their careers but they probably would do it… since they don’t seem to have anything lined up. But he (along with V) is already close friends with them in real life, it’s not like he needs this movie to have another fun experience, they are already in his life.
There are probably a few reasons this could be a necessary or good thing for him to do but mostly it’s a bad move or so I think. I’ll support him in the end but I hope he considers his choices wisely. There is also a matter of working again with a specific someone who has shown disrespect in many ways.
One thing that is true though-the studio etc. are going to fight for him. with no older audience appeal(for the general public I mean, not the crazies on the internet) they need Zac desperately to bring in the young people.
HS2.. FAIL!
Sounds pretty stupid plot
Sounds like a three-syllable plot:
TER-RI-BLE!!!!
lol. these people clearly haven’t seen the awesomeness that is a real john waters film. this should be awesome, but i have a feeling a lot of this will get lost if they go mainstream.
The whole concept sounds completely lame. Hope Zac would never consider it…career suicide.
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