Zac Efron Interview: Playing a Dad for the First Time in Firestarter

Zac Efron’s been working non-stop for about two decades now, but even with dozens of titles to his name, he’s yet to tackle a horror movie. Ryan Kiera Armstrong, on the other hand, is only 12-years-old and has already been part of two major horror properties, the IT films and also American Horror Story. The two join forces in the new adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter. Armstrong plays Charlie, a young girl with pyrokinetic abilities who’s having an increasingly difficult time controlling them as she gets older. Complicating matters further, she’s also being targeted by a nefarious federal agency looking to harness her power and use it as a weapon. But no matter how dangerous things get, her father Andy (Zac Efron) is always there to do whatever it takes to protect her, even if it means resorting to tactics that put his own life at risk. With Firestarter hitting theaters and Peacock on May 13th, I got the chance to chat with Efron and Armstrong about their experience making the movie. Check