Zac Efron And Vanessa Hudgens found love on the set of High School Musical after he allegedly dumped his former girlfriend.

The origins of Efron and Hudgens' relationship were highlighted in Ashley Spenceris the new book Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire. Spencer claimed that Efron, now 36, confessed his feelings for Hudgens, now 35 HSM choreographer Charles ““Chucky” Klapow.

In the middle of a “rare, wild night of mingling,” Efron pulled Klapow, now 44, aside to ask him for advice.

“I don’t know what to do, man. Vanessa is really into me and I have feelings for her too. “I don't want to do anything wrong with my girlfriend,” Spencer said Efron told the dancer at the time. “I also don’t want to eliminate Vanessaa and ruin the chemistry in the film.”

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Klapow ultimately encouraged Efron to “explore” his connection with Hudgens since they were “so young” and away from home on set.

Efron and Hudgens played lovers Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez in the 2006 Disney Channel film. The musical DCOM – also in the lead role Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Luca Grabeel And Monique Coleman – was filmed in Utah.

After Efron and Klapow returned to the hotel room, “the cast delved into melodrama,” Spencer wrote.

“Vanessa had tears in her eyes and cried with Ashley in the locked bathroom. “It seemed as if the tipping point of their unrequited love had been reached,” Spencer claimed in the book. “Corbin tried to comfort her from the next room until Zac knocked on the bathroom door and Ashley left the two of them alone to talk.”

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According to Grabeel, he remembered Efron and Hudgens leaving the bathroom holding hands.

“I mean, it was so high school,” Grabeel, now 39, recalls in the book. “It was like, 'He broke up with his girlfriend and now we're together.'”

Efron and Hudgens, who reprized their roles HSM Roles in the 2007 and 2008 sequels, were together for five years.

“We were lucky because we started together. I think people like us because they fell in love with the characters,” Hudgens said Shine in an interview in June 2010. “We had a connection from the beginning. I think everyone could see it. When we had our audition, they put us together. And he was adorable. I mean, he wasn't the guy he is today. He had a gap in his teeth.”

Efron and Hudgens eventually split later in 2010. The Princess switch The actress continued to this day Austin Butler before they split in 2020. She moved on with the baseball player Cole Tuckerand the couple tied the knot in 2023. A year later they had their first baby together.

Efron, for his part, has since been linked to him Alexandra Daddario, Michelle Rodriguez, Sami Miró And Vanessa Valladares. He told Men's Health in October 2022 that he was single, adding that he hoped to “meet the right person” when he “least expects it.”

Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire is available now.