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September 19, 2008
No Pressure for Senior Year
The "High School Musical" gang says they aren't feeling any pressure to succeed in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," the latest installment of Disney's mega-hit franchise. In fact, they're looking forward to continuing the series which moves from television to the big screen this fall.
The latest sequel has the same accessibility as the first two movies. "The characters you see are a little over-the-top and stuff, [but] they're people that go to high school," Vanessa Hudgens said at a recent press conference. The difference between HSM 3 compared to HSM 1 and 2 is that "Senior Year" addresses adult love and angst, whereas the first two movies focused on adolescent crushes.
So what's new for Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, and the rest of the senior class? "We're kind of deciding for ourselves what we should do with our futures," Zac Efron said. "There are a lot more decisions to make."
One decision Disney has to make is whether to go on to "High School Musical 4." Since Zac told MTV News that he doubted the old gang would return, the baton will probably be handed to Justin Martin and the rest of the new cast members. Director Kenny Ortega asserted that getting cast in HSM is no different than making a varsity team. "Our cast was very generous in welcoming them...and making them feel a part of the experience."
"I think it's nerve-racking for anyone coming to a cast that's already been established for the past three years," Corbin Bleu added. "But I think that they stepped up and came ready to work, and I think that we've accepted them as much as we've accepted each other."
Source: MTV.com
