CBS Films has an eye set on retelling the classic Beauty and the Beast story with a modern update called Beastly. And they have Vanessa Hudgens as the Beauty.
Set in Manhattan, the movie tells the story of a handsome rich kid with a mean streak. When he ditches a date, a curse is placed upon him, turning him into everything he hates. The grotesque transformation leaves him with the seemingly impossible task of finding true love to break the ugly spell.
The only ugly spell that needs to be broken is that stink of High School Musical all over Hudgens. I guarantee you there will be people quick to dismiss this simply because it has a High School Musical star in it.
Hudgens needs to shake the Disney stigma and expanding into a few new projects will do just that for her. Maybe she will fade into obscurity, and maybe she will become the next Lindsay Lohan burning bright then becoming gossip fodder. Or maybe she might grow with her career and people will say 10 years from now “remember when she was just that High School Musical girl?”
Same can be said with Zac Efron. I am curious about this to see if it will be a step forward or back.
