Zac Efron Covers ‘The Rake’
Zac Efron is on the cover of The Rake. The actor is on the cover of the magazine’s final issue of 2023.
In the interview, Efron talks his new film, The Iron Claw, physically transforming for a role, traveling, and so much more. Highlights can be found below.
On physically transforming for a role: “I am still learning. I have always admired physical transformations for a role, and I have had a couple of goes at it. In one way or another none of them were perfected on any level. For Kevin I knew that if I was going to do this right and hold my head high, it was going to be the most physically gruelling workout and diet regimen that I had ever embarked on. I started training six months prior to filming. By the middle of the six months I realised that that obsession with looking as good as possible, and that dedication to the work and the food, was becoming an obsession for me, and I took that into the role; it was a way for me to become Kevin in a way that I hadn’t anticipated. We were both ultimately preparing for roles, as wrestling is a performance, too.”
On traveling: “One of the biggest blessings of my journey is that I have been able to travel from a young age. At the beginning, it was really just for press, being called across to Japan for Hairspray, and I got to see Japanese culture, and I was really taken with that. That curiosity in me kept growing, and usually if I am not working then I will be on a trip finding something new. A new part of the world, trying the food, meeting the people, finding out as much about their culture as possible. It is a great way to live, and it opens your eyes to something much bigger than Hollywood, it can all feel very small if you’re stuck in L.A., and I was stuck there for quite a few years.”
You can read the full interview in the new issue. The issue is available now!
Source: The Rake