He was like, 'It would really help me.' I was like, 'Yeah, I know what it will help you achieve, buddy. asking for Efron's phone number and room details so he could impress his lady friends. Blonsky went on to divulge one story about a hotel bartender who called her room at 5 a.m. I even laugh now about some of the wild and interesting stuff that happens when you tour the world with Zac Efron!"Ĩ. While traveling the world was "a blast," the actress said, "it's always about the people you have surrounding you. Blonsky revealed she didn't had a passport and had only flown on an airplane one time prior to Hairspray's global press tour. The fact that we had to make out with each other wasn't the worst thing in the world! I felt like a lucky gal, for sure."ħ. We were the best pals and he was my buddy. "That is definitely a moment that I will never forget, and that the internet will never let us forget. "We were just two teenagers having a lot of fun on a press tour," Blonsky said with a laugh. Of course, Blonsky and Efron kissed on-screen as Tracy and Link, but it was a surprise makeout during a July 2007 appearance on Canada's Much Music that really got people talking about the co-stars' chemistry. "It was epic and definitely one of my most favorite nights of my life thus far."Ħ.
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Blonsky turned 18 while filming the movie and the studio threw her a "beautiful" birthday party, during which "Zac carried my cake out," she revealed. "I really cherish those moments because that's when I got to know them for the amazing humans they are and not just as the incredible performers that they are as well."ĥ. "Even on our downtime, we all just chose to hang out," Blonsky said. Blonsky and Efron became close while filming, often going to Toronto Blue Jays baseball games or the local mall, along with their co-stars Amanda Bynes and Brittany Snow.
" And then they said, 'Guess who's playing your Link? Zac Efron!' And I said, 'Well, I could have told you that. "Literally High School Musical popped up and I went, ‘Well, why don't they get that kid? He's cute, he sings, he dances, he's fun,'" Blonsky recalled. But his time on the Disney Channel is actually why Blonsky thought Efron would be perfect for the role, predicting the casting decision while channel-surfing with her brother one day. While Zac Efron was one of the top teen stars in the world after High School Musical became a pop culture phenomenon in 2006, Shankman initially believed the actor was "too Disney" for the role of Link Larkin, Tracy's boyfriend and the lead male dancer on The Corny Collins Show. "I said, 'Why would I want to hit Mark?' Because one of the dancers was named Mark! They were so patient, and kind and literally taught me everything."ģ.
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"One of the assistant directors said, 'I am going to teach you how to hit a mark,'" Blonsky recalled. A newcomer, Blonsky had never been on a movie set before Hairspray, choosing to star in the musical over going to college to study theater. "I just remember looking up and seeing the Hairspray logo and just being like, 'This is it. I was like, ‘Mom, these are too nice and these kids are going to ruin them!'"Īnd after the event ended, Blonsky and her friends spent the night in New York City, where she unexpectedly found herself in front of the Neil Simon Theatre, where Hairspray ran for many years on Broadway. "I literally had to call my mom to come to prom to pick up the roses. "When I got to my prom venue, there was just a massive spray of red roses from the Hairspray family," Blonsky told E! News. It also happened to be the night before her senior prom, which made the high school rite of passage even more of a night to remember. Nikki Blonsky beat out 1,100 other actresses to land the lead role of Tracy Turnblad, with director Adam Shankman delivering the news in a video message while the 17-year-old was working at Cold Stone Creamery.
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