Added a brand new outtake from the photoshoot taken by Ben Watts in 2010.

Zac Efron is developing his career post High School Musical through a careful choice of roles, including his latest in Charlie St. Cloud.

THE one question Zac Efron gets asked more than any other is whether he feels as though he needs to prove himself.

“As a result of getting involved at a young age, that’s sort of what the game has become now,” says the newly hirsute actor, in Australia to promote his romantic drama Charlie St. Cloud.

Efron was hardly surprised, then, when his decision to sport a beard for the red-carpet premiere was interpreted by the world’s media as some kind of statement.

“When it’s just, in fact, facial hair,” he says.

But since the former High School Musical star has his sights set on making the difficult transition to credible dramatic actor, he is determined to weather such personal indignities with as much aplomb as he can muster.

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Added 4 brand new outtakes from the photoshoot taken by Ben Watts in 2010.

MEETING heart-throb Zac Efron yesterday was great news for young Olivia Wall. But it wasn’t the best news.

“While it’s nice that Zac’s here to visit, we got the really good news yesterday that her cancer is in remission,” Shoshana Wall said.

The High School Musical star made a low-key visit to the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick and won the hearts of patients like Olivia, their parents and the staff.

Efron, in Sydney for the premiere of his latest film Charlie St Cloud, spent an hour with the children in the cancer ward.

The star was friendly and relaxed with six-year-old Olivia, an ardent Efron fan who has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The first-grader was happy to hug Efron and read her favourite picture book – High School Musical.

“What a coincidence,” Efron joked.

Asked by Efron who was her favourite characters, Olivia replied “Sharpay” (Ashley Tisdale), an answer that brought a few chuckles.

“She’s one of my favourites too,” Eftron said.

He leaves Sydney for Los Angeles today.

Source: Daily Telegraph