Zac Efron

In a new interview, the actor addresses something called "Jaw-gate" that apparently occurred.

The shattered jaw, however, was the most visible, and the most hotly discussed. Despite the extensive training the actor has undergone in the past for films like Baywatch and Neighbors, Efron didn’t injure himself that way. Well, he remembers it, and in a new interview with [Men’s Health](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a40956681/zac-efron-greatest-beer-run-ever-interview/), the The Greatest Beer Run Ever star pours water on the fiery rumors with an objectively silly (and painful) story.

Zac Efron came clean about the plastic surgery rumors and admitted to falling into a deep depression after starring in 2017's "Baywatch."

I definitely wouldn’t be able to do this work.” After relocating to Australia, Efron became vegan for a short time and dealt with his self-proclaimed agoraphobia. So I tried it, and I was successful. “I started to develop insomnia, and I fell into a pretty bad depression, for a long time. “That ‘Baywatch’ look, I don’t know if that’s really attainable,” Efron reflected. So I don’t need to do that.

Zac Efron, the High School Musical alum, talks about how the dangers of the extreme training he did for Baywatch. Now he's reinventing himself in a healthy ...

“I told him he was funny,” he says ruefully, “but now I’m like, Ah, that’s not it!” Efron is funny, but the valet is convinced he’s committed a faux pas. “He could be like the Twilight guy,” he says. He appreciates the “self-aware bro” description and discusses that kind of character (“somebody that’s learning, that’s listening, that has an open heart and mind”) with tenderness. “He’s a little more edgy,” he says of the actor. Though Efron was underwhelmed by the roles he was being considered for at the time, he was instantly taken with The Greatest Beer Run Ever, written and directed by Oscar winner Peter Farrelly of Green Book, a film that the Internet panned but Efron—and, controversially, the Academy—loved. “I started to develop insomnia,” he says, “and I fell into a pretty bad depression, for a long time. For the first time in his working life, Efron had a window to take a real break. While he’s jovial and off the cuff during the rest of our conversation, as he talks about the film, his voice gets quieter, his wording more precise. Initially he was excited about Baywatch—he thought it could be a fun action franchise, and he liked his character—but the recovery walloped him. He has played several very approachable characters, the type of guys a friend of mine calls “self-aware bros.” He also played Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, but that doesn’t put anyone off. As we peruse the menu at the steakhouse, he reveals that this is his first meal out in a long time. The sharp lines of his arms were apparent even through a dust tornado and even from a safe distance away.

Zac Efron addressed his 2021 face transformation, explaining why muscles in his face became "really, really big" after he shattered his jaw.

The “Down to Earth with Zac Efron” star, who did not feel better until six months after filming wrapped, remembered, “I had a really hard time recentering. … I would know if he’d had any plastic surgery.” “Why bother?

The actor recalls suffering from depression, insomnia and burnout after his extreme routine to get buff for the 2017 movie. 'Baywatch' Baywatch.

Back in 2017, Efron visited TODAY to promote "Baywatch," which he starred alongside Dwayne Johnson. So I don’t need to do that." “That 'Baywatch' look, I don’t know if that’s really attainable," he said.

High School Musical star Zac Efron was at the centre of cosmetic surgery rumours last year when he was pictured with a changed face shape.

He explained he had work on his masseter muscles on the inside of his face and that his jaw had to workout overtime, which is why his face shape changed so drastically. [Zac Efron](/news/celebrity/zac-efron/) has revealed breaking his jaw last year left him with a swollen face, finally responding to rumours that emerged claiming he’d had cosmetic surgery. High School Musical star Zac Efron was at the centre of cosmetic surgery rumours last year when he was pictured with a changed face shape.

Zac Efron just explained why his jaw seemingly grew three sizes overnight. The Internet quickly decided that he'd had some sort of botched Botox or filler ...

[here are pictures](https://www.dirt.com/gallery/entertainers/actors/zac-efron-house-los-feliz-1203383620/zacefron_lf17-2/) of the house he sold a month after appearing in the Earth Day video. The Internet quickly decided that he'd had some sort of botched [Botox](https://www.allure.com/topic/botox) or [filler](https://www.allure.com/story/facial-fillers-information-guide) procedure, but in a new interview the actor revealed the truth: He'd broken his jaw. [the Hairspray star](https://www.allure.com/story/zac-efron-1970s-mustache) appeared in a musical video (shown below) looking, let's say, swollen.

In a new interview, Zac Efron opened up about the devastating effects of his fitness routine for 'Baywatch,' saying it took six months for his body to ...

From that point forward, you’ve conquered something deep within you; you do not want to get cold,” he said. Efron said it wasn’t until six months after “Baywatch” wrapped that he started to feel right again. So I tried it, and I was successful. Ultimately they chalked it up to taking way too many diuretics for way too long, and it messed something up.” So I don’t need to do that. But in a new interview with [Men’s Health](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a40956681/zac-efron-greatest-beer-run-ever-interview/), the actor opened up about the devastating effects of his fitness routine for 2017’s “Baywatch.”

In a new interview, Zac Efron revealed that his jaw transformation was caused by an injury. He also talked about his grueling 'Baywatch' fitness prep.

(Efron added that he is “attached” to his The actor said he ultimately felt his Baywatch body looked unnatural on screen, which makes sense, given the tactics required to achieve it: “That Baywatch look, I don’t know if that’s really attainable. Efron also touched on the preparation he did for his role in the 2017 movie Baywatch, explaining that it took a major toll on his physical and mental health. [insomnia](https://www.self.com/story/insomnia-causes), and I fell into a pretty bad depression, for a long time,” Efron said. During the recovery process, Efron said his masseter muscles—facial muscles that play a major role in chewing food—became enlarged because they were working harder to compensate for the other injured muscles in his face. Efron said his own mother called him once images of his face started circulating to ask if the rumor was true.

Zac Efron explained to Men's Health why his jaw suddenly “got really, really big” to the point that even the actor's own mother called him to find out if ...

He concluded, “If I valued what other people thought of me to the extent that they may think I do, I definitely wouldn’t be able to do this work.” He was knocked unconscious and when he came to again his chin bone “was hanging off his face.” [Men's Health](https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a41093855/zac-efron-jaw/) that his noticeably different facial structure while promoting Bill Nye's “Earthy Day Musical” PSA on Facebook Watch in April of last year was due to a scary injury he sustained almost a decade ago.