On the set of Peter Farrelly’s Made in Melbourne comedy
“Without them, we literally wouldn’t be here,” says Jacobs. “Without that, it wouldn’t have been possible to make the film on this budget. It’s awesome.”
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He won’t get an argument from Efron, who relocated to Australia during the pandemic and reportedly bought a large property in the Gold Coast hinterland in 2021.
“I shot some stuff out here and it was just a great experience,” the 35-year-old, who rose to fame as the film’s star high school musical franchise says.
“You spend a lot of time here when you’re not filming, don’t you,” Farrelly teases, knowing Efron would rather keep his GPS coordinates to himself.
“Yes,” says Efron, embarrassed. “Yes.”
Don’t worry, Farrelly assures him. “I won’t tell them where you live.”
This film marks a return to the kind of gritty comedy that made Farrelly and his brother Bobby famous – the Dumb and Dumber movies, There’s something about Mary – after the more sober tones of Green Bookfor which he won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture four years ago, and the Vietnam War theme The biggest beer run in the world.
Today’s scenes include a peanut-catching contest, the accidental stunning of a rabbi, and panicked attempts to stop the rabbi from performing a bris (circumcision) while under the influence.
Efron was shooting the feature film Gold, written and directed by co-star Anthony Hayes, in South Australia in late 2020.Credit:Stan
As the paparazzi have already revealed, the film also includes a scene in which Cena dresses in a skirt and heels, complete with makeup, which may well be enough to generate the kind of backlash that many Farrelly-era films have. Brothers over the years has welcomed .
The former WWE Champion isn’t too concerned about that, however. He is currently reveling in the biggest role of his fledgling acting career.
“Whatever the costume, whatever the creative process, if you embrace it wholeheartedly, you never know what magic you’re going to create,” he says. “That’s the beauty of what we do.”
Where they do, Efron has his own views.
“I would love to shoot here for the rest of my life,” he says. “And I hope this is the beginning of it.”
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/i-d-love-to-shoot-here-for-the-rest-of-my-life-zac-efron-s-australian-love-affair-20230216-p5ckx1.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_culture On the set of Peter Farrelly’s Made in Melbourne comedy
