Firestarter Continues An Annoying Zac Efron Career Trend

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Zac Efron is a great actor but an annoying career trend that continued with Firestarter is holding him back. In Firestarter, Efron stars as Andy McGee, the father of a girl who can create and control fire with her mind. Although Zac Efron's performance has been praised, the adaptation of Stephen King's novel has received largely negative reviews, which continues a frustrating pattern in his career.

Zac Efron's breakthrough role came in Disney's High School Musical, and he then went on to star in several teen movies, including 17 Again and Hairspray. In the 2010s, Efron took on more varied roles where he proved his knack for comedy, and his portrayal of Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile demonstrated that he could play serious characters just as well. The 34-year-old has covered nearly every genre in his career already, and now there are calls for Zac Efron to appear in the MCU. Efron's career to date, though, has been plagued by an annoying trend.

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Zac Efron's talents are so often squandered in the sub-par movies he has starred in, and Firestarter continues his habit of picking bad projects. Although he gives a good performance in Firestarter, not even his star quality is able to save the movie, which wastes its interesting premise. Efron has starred in excellent films which have enabled him to showcase his range, including his self-aware comedic performance in Neighbors and his co-starring role with Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman. But his great roles are constantly undermined by the poor movies he subsequently finds himself in.

Almost every Zac Efron hit is soon followed by a disappointing miss. His co-starring role