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Get’cha Head In the Game with 15 BTS Facts about High School Musical

By:: Matt Solomon

May 20, 2021

Get’cha Head In the Game with 15 BTS Facts about High School Musical

OK, Wildcats. Let’s sneak behind the painted stage scenery and discover 15 behind-the-scenes facts about the Disney Channel classic.

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS 1 in 3 American girls had a ZAC EFRON POSTER mnstio And thus began the Great Puberty of 2006. — Rolling Stone

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS SHHHHHH Ryan is gay CRACKED.COM Lucas Grabeel based Ryan on his own high school experience, which meant being gay and not openly out. Director Kenny Ortega says We decided he probably going to come out in college. It was ... just more about letting his true colors come forward. — Teen Vogue

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS BEHIND The original screenplay was for GREASE 3 Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were the potential stars of Grease 3, with Travolta and Newton-Joh approached to cameo. The studio eventually nixed the project, and the script was reworked to become High School Musical. — Screenrant

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESP SFACTS Ms. Darbus and Coach Bolton almost SANG A DUET A planned musical number for the drama director and basketball coach was axed, presumably to focus on the kids. There are still a lot of Darbolton shippers out there longing to see it happen. — The Things

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS The name High School Musical was a PLACEHOLDER The screenplay's original title was Untitled High School Musical Project. And producers never came up with a better name. It felt lazy, says Corbin Bleu. It was just like, Really? That's what we're gonna call it? — Buzzfeed

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS That's not Zac Efron's real SINGING VOICE Although Efron recorded his own vocals, he's lip-syncing to Drew Seeley's singing in High School Musical. He insisted on using his own voice in HSM 2 and 3, so that's really him belting out Bet On It. Dreamy. — Teen Vogue

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Blink and you'll miss MILEY CRACKED COM Disney Channel held an online contest to let viewers pick which Disney star would cameo in High School Musical 2. Miley was the winner and shows up in the big finale by the pool. Total screen time: Four seconds. — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESF FACTS The top-selling album of 2006 was the HSM SOUNDTRACK MUSICAL CRACKED COM It's the first television movie soundtrack to ever hit number one on the Billboard sales charts. It sold 3.7 million copies. Take that, Nickelback! — E Online

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Potential Wildcats had to go through HOOPS TRYOUTS ISEL 00 CRACKEDcO Yes, the actors had to prove they could sing and dance. But they also had to dribble and defend. I'm not t sports-equipped,admits Corbin Bleu. I to be OK enough to fake it like I could actually play. — Buzzfeed

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS High School Musical 3 was highly PROFITABLE It's $11 million budget made it too expensive to simply air on Disney Channel. The movie was released in theaters and took in $250 million around the world. — E Online

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESp FACTS One Wildcast player was a little EXTRA EXTRA 07 CRACKED COM Watch the championship game closely. someone got a little lazy in the wardrobe department and one of the Wildcats is wearing a jersey with the name EXTRA. We guess it's better than Not Troy? — The Things

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BEHIND- BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS The HSM film shoot was a WHIRLWIND E HHS 8 ra D AT CRACKEDCo With a budget of only $4.2 million, producers needed to film High School Musical in a supersonic 24 days. HSM 2 got nearly double the cash, and HSM 3 got $11 million and a — Popbuzz

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Zac Efron worked hard to realize his HOOP DREAMS WILDCATE Three hours a day of training helped him approximate a high school player. But a college prospect? Troy Bolton lacks the size, skill, and basketball IQ to make an impact at the D1 level, opines one hoops journalist. — Matt Barnthouse

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Ryan and Sharpay were written to be BLACK I believe they found someone to play Sharpay, but they couldn't find a black equivalent [for Ryan, says Corbin Bleu. And then I think they found Ashley sO they decided to cast Sharpay and Ryan as Caucasian. — Buzzfeed

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Ashley Tisdale wanted to be GABRIELLA After checking out her Gabriella audition, director Kenny Ortega thought she'd be a better fit for Sharpay. She almost didn't get that part either -producers knew her as the sweet kid from Suite Life with Zach and Cody. — The Things

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