Well Zac Efron insists on keeping his beard around, but at least we now know why!
Zac explains that the beard is for his upcoming role in The Lucky One. "We're discussing it right now, my director is curious about what it would look like if it got longer," he says. "Because at one point, my character loses sight of his appearance. So I can't really cut anything right now."
And just how does girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens feel about the new facial hair? "She goes in stages, early on when it was just coming in, they’re itchy, they’re super prickly so she wasn’t a fan at the beginning, now it’s really soft, she’s coming around."
Well we aren't coming around! Please film your scenes and shave that thing off!
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