Based on Ben Sherwood’s acclaimed novel, Charlie St. Cloud is the story of a young man trapped in a self-imposed limbo. In order to honour a heartfelt promise Charlie has sacrificed a promising future sailing the wide world in favour of a lonely small town life haunted by the ghosts of his past.
HeyUGuys were intrigued to know what had lured the all-singing, all-dancing, Efron to take on such a role (and indeed what had inspired Igby Goes Down writer/director Burr Steers to helm the project) and we took the opportunity to ask.
The mainstream teen themes of Charlie St. Cloud appear an unusual choice for the man who made Igby into such a cult figure but in more recent years Steers has co-written rom-com How to Lose a Guys in 10 Days and teamed up with Zac for box-office smash 17 Again. In fact Zac used the might of his star power to request that Burr be attached to Charlie St. Cloud. Disney’s young prodigy has come a long way indeed from motivational speeches and jazz hands!
You may listen to the audio below and read our review of The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud here. More importantly you can fall for Charlie yourselves when the film opens here on Friday.
Here’s the audio,
[audio:https://www.heyuguys.com/audio/charlie_st_cloud/Charlie_st.cloud_press_conf.mp3]