Hollywood hottie Zac Efron got his start on the Disney Channel, and he hasn’t strayed too far from being typecast as the chiseled jock next door. (Case in point: Efron’s role as Troy Bolton in High School Musical and Matt Brody in the upcoming Baywatch movie remake.) But with his new role, the often-goofy babe is switching career gears towards more dramatic work.

Efron has been cast as serial killer Ted Bundy in the upcoming psychological thriller, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, and some people think the film might put him in the running for an Academy Award.

 

 

In the 1970s, after more than a decade of denying his crimes, Bundy admitted to sexually assaulting and murdering 30 women in the span of four years. Despite his heinous acts, Bundy is often remembered for his charming personality and looks. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film is from the perspective of Bundy’s then-girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer. Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger, whose film Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory was nominated for an Oscar, is set to direct the film and, perhaps, coax an Oscar-calibre performance out of Efron.

But not all of Efron’s fans are convinced by the casting.

 

 

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Some, however, can’t deny the resemblance.

 

 

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One person even made this connection two years ago.

 

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Nicolas Cartier, one of the film’s producers, has said he he’s looking forward to working with Efron after being impressed by his critically acclaimed but lesser-known dramatic role as Jack in the murder-mystery Paperboy and his hilarious performance in Neighbors.

Filming will begin this fall.

 

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