Zac Efron ‘tired but excited’ as he touches down to shoot new film in Melbourne
Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron has quietly returned to Australia, landing in Melbourne to shoot a new film with John Cena.
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Hollywood superstar Zac Efron has landed in Melbourne to shoot his new film.
Efron touched down on a Qantas flight from LA on Tuesday morning and emerged wearing a jumper and cargo pants, a mask, sunglasses and a cap.
The actor was carrying a backpack as he was escorted out of a VIP entrance to a waiting black BMW, with security saying he was tired but excited to be in town.
His co-star John Cena in the R-rated comedy Ricky Stanicky, arrived in Sydney on Thursday with his wife, Shay Shariatzadeh.
The Greatest Showman and High School Musical favourite and WWE star Cena will be on location at various sites around the city through February and March.
Ricky Stanicky is a movie directed by Peter Farrelly, who was behind There’s Something About Mary and Green Book.
The synopsis reads: “As teenagers, four friends create a fictitious character, ‘Ricky Stanicky’, to get them out of sticky situations. It’s a lie that the boys find irresistible and it continues to come in handy into their adult lives. But when their partners become suspicious they’re forced to hire a washed-up, self destructive actor to bring ‘Ricky’ to life with dire, yet hilarious consequences”.
Over an eight-week period Melbourne will double for Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Efron is no stranger to Australia having spent many months here last year shooting for his Netflix docuseries, Down to Earth.
He swam with dolphins and raved about many of the places he visited, spending much of his time in Byron Bay where he struck up a romance with Vanessa Valladares.
He also spent several weeks in Adelaide and the South Australian outback in 2020 during production of the Stan original thriller Gold.
Cena has successfully turned to acting, appearing in blockbuster movies Trainwreck and Sisters.
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