Excessive Faculty Musical's love story between Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez sparked an offscreen romance for the actors who performed them.
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, who portrayed Troy and Gabriella within the 2006 DCOM, notably began courting shortly after filming the primary film. The pair referred to as it quits in 2010 after 5 years of courting.
“We obtained fortunate as a result of we began off collectively, so I believe individuals like us as a result of they fell in love with the characters,” Hudgens informed Glamour throughout a June 2010 interview of her then-boyfriend. “Proper off the bat, we had a connection. I believe all people may see it. Once we had our audition, they paired us collectively. And he was lovable. I imply, he wasn't the man that he's at the moment. Like, he had a spot in his enamel.”
Ashley Tisdale, for her half, discovered love with Christopher French, whom she wed in 2018. Because the couple settled into married life, they averted reliving her flip as Sharpay Evans in HSM, Excessive Faculty Musical 2 and Excessive Faculty Musical 3: Senior Yr.
“I don't watch that stuff myself and my husband actually hasn't seen that stuff both. If [our daughter is] watching along with her associates at some point, I'd come throughout it. However I don't suppose I might expose her to that stuff. I don't know,” Tisdale solely informed Us Weekly in March 2021, referring to the pair's first little one, Jupiter, who was born later that month. “Possibly when the time comes, will probably be totally different. I need her to be actually grounded and hopefully dwell considerably of a standard life.”
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