After back-to-back musical successes with High School Musical and Hairspray, Efron broke away from the musical comedy mode and into pure comedy. He's become a Hollywood staple in comedies like Neighbours and Baywatch, then did his first musical in over a decade with 2018's The Greatest Showman. His most recent project, though, has him taking on his first real villainous role, playing notorious serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile.