Find out more about one of the biggest hits ever released by Disney, which continues to attract a legion of fans to this day
High School Musical was, without a doubt, one of Disney’s biggest hits during the 2000s. To this day, the saga continues to be loved by many people around the world, who always vibrate with excitement when seeing any interaction between the cast. Behind the scenes, all the actors continue to be great friends and often share some things that the public didn’t know happened behind the cameras.
Discover 10 interesting facts about the High School Musical films!
1. During the first film, Lucas GrabeelIt is Ashley Tisdale, who played Ryan and Sharpay, actually didn’t get along. They only started to be real friends after HSM’s world tour in 2007, after having more time together and, since then, they started to consider each other real brothers.
two. Still talking about Ryan Evans, initially, he wasn’t supposed to be played by Lucasbut by the actor Corbin Bleu! However, after recording began, the team realized that this was not his ideal role and they gave him the role of Chad Danforth, Troy’s best friend.
3. Bolton is also another character that was not supposed to be played by the final actor. This role would have been offered to Matthew Underwoodwhich he ended up not being able to accept because he was in the middle of recording the series Zoey 101. In the end, Zac Efron got the role and is still recognized today as Troy Bolton.
4. Throughout the second High School Musical film, Ryan wears about 15 different hats.
5. HSM 2 was actually recorded in a real country club, but, unlike what we imagined, the recordings were not done in the summer as the film indicates, but in the winter.
6. The scene of the final song “All For One” in which all the main characters jump into the pool ended up being modified at the last minute, as the actress Monique Collemanwho plays Taylor Mckessie, didn’t know how to swim.
7. For the last film, all the actors had to take waltz lessons for the iconic scene from “Can I Have This Dance” where they all appear dancing during the prom.
8. In the song “Scream”, sung by Troy, he walks through several hallways at East High School until he reaches the school’s amphitheater. It turns out that this path he walked is the opposite that his girlfriend, Gabriella, takes while singing “When There Was Me and You”, in the first film.
9. It was very close that Gabriella was not played by another actress in the last film. This almost happened, because, some time before recording began, intimate photos of Vanessa Hudgens leaked onto the internet, generating great concern among the film’s producers.
10. HSM 3 was literally a milestone, both for fans and the cast. Therefore, throughout the film, as a form of homage to the end of an era, the six main characters wear a ring with a red stone, and keep them kept until the present day.
Source: Recreio
