Zac Efron looks unrecognizable in ‘The Iron Claw’ interview: ‘What happened to his face?’

All 'roided out for the role.

Very waxy looking, too.

He got OLD. Just like the rest of us . . .

Didn't we do this last year?

Could it be…STEROIDS?!?!

Transitioning.

He looks like he’s dipped into Will Ferrell’s gene pool.

Dead eyes as well.

He is starting to look like Ander Puig, the Spanish trans actor on Netflix's Elite.

New face but still talentless.

A chin implant, likely masseter/temporalis muscle hypertrophy to make the face and jaw look wider and sharper (the wider, angular jaw could also be achieved with silicon implants), has had a brow lift to appear younger and has a puffy face, which is caused by HGH and steroids.

The body is impressive, though. It's unfortunate that he has had to achieve it very rapidly by using steroids, when he could have gotten it by training consistently for over ten years.

Facial plastic surgery.

Sad. She should have married the billionaire and retired.

Do you think the new look makes him more employable?

He doesn't look anything like Kevin von Erich.

He was way too pretty/handsome to fuck with his face like that. Now he's going to morph into something really creepy. Wait and see. I also wonder if he's had chest/ab implants. I think he is fitted with something for that movie but in real life I wonder how much of that bod is "real."

After he got one of his plastic surgeries, he went on a talk show and told an elaborate story about how he slipped and fell in his house (thus, hitting his chin, which needed surgery). He said he has an Italian fountain inside his house and that was the cause.

R13, Gianluca Vacchi is far from a billionaire, although he made lots of money from the fraudulent collapse of Parmalat, in which he was involved, and the fact that he is a major stakeholder in the multinational IMA. He is probably far wealthier than Zac, but not enough to be able to keep a Hollywood star in style. Moreover, he is supposed to be "straight", so he wouldn't be interested in Zac in that way... At least, not permanently.

Anyway, even if he were gay, Vacchi is such an obnoxious, attention-seeking narcissist, that he wouldn't be able to tolerate for long the fact that Zac's good looks and star power would completely overshadow him.

The jaw wired shut wasn't after a procedure if memory serves me well, it came after he was allegedly attacked right down the middle of Skid Row after a drug deal went wrong. But if you asked his PR people he only slipped in a puddle of water that the garden irrigation system left on the steps of his home.

I've shared this story here before. My friend from childhood is a severely addicted personality and he was sent to a rehab center out of country. It was the Carribean somewhere, I believe. Anyway, Zac Efron was also there and the two developed a "friendship". He said Zac was really nice and when he left, he gave my friend his number. After my friend was discharged, he tried numerous times to call, but Zac never picked up the phone.

He's aging. And he certainly is not unrecognizable. Stevie Wonder could look at him now and tell you who it is. I think he's getting a hot daddy look about him. He's still major league gorgeous.

Unrecognizable? I recognized him right away.

R21 Of course he’s aging, but without enhancements we age weaker, not stronger. Our bones lose density, skin wrinkles and sags. We lose sharpness and definition in our faces, we don’t gain it like he did. His current face is not the result of natural aging.

Why didn’t his handlers take better care of their sex slave? Did they trade him in and leave him to his own devices?

R20 you won’t need to convince anyone that Zac’s been to rehab. Though I’m glad to hear that he’s nice. He has ALWAYS seemed nice. I don’t think I’ve ever heard any drama or issue with Zac which is why I’m glad he continues to work.

Ancient at 36? Everyone knows that Jay Leno-sized jaw implants adds 10 years!

What happened his face? Someone sit on it? I'd like to!

He's still one hot hunk of man-meat (the movie role hair notwithstanding).

It's amazing (and shocking at times) how some people's faces change shape rather rapidly as they get older. It happens to different people at different stages. And in my experience with men it almost always involves a widening of the face.

R18 Efron can afford a publicist? Who knew.

Kevin Von Erich in his prime

Zac Efron is a plastic surgery.

I think he looks great in this interview

His face has changed, I’m just not seeing the problem. I’d still fuck him if he asked.

I just saw a trailer of his new movie. He looks fantastic, as do all the other shirtless gentlemen.

I don't mind. He looks less boyish.

R33 Is he being interviewed by Gwyenth Paltrow?

I believe he had an 'accident' that shattered his jaw I don't believe it was as innocent as suggested. Trouble always finds people with substance abuse issues.

I liked him better when he looked like a girl.

I'd fuck him.

Looks like a bad case of jet lag to me. You queens need to dial it back.

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Well gurls he's finally grown into his face. 5 more years and he'll be having a mid-life crisis. He ain't young no more!

Harris is 27.

Oh please, R28. He looks like a member of the Shrek family in that photo.

I can’t imagine how obnoxious a set with Jeremy Allen White, the minor league talent Harris Dickinson and Ashley Judd-adjacent Zac Efron must’ve been. Sean Durkin must be a major masochist.

r38 Do you think he got roughed up by rough trade? That was the rumor when he had his "accident".

He's very short and strange looking in person.

His brother is much hotter and still natural looking.

R47, I'd wager that he was roughed up trying to score drugs. Or crossing his drug dealer.

R49 I thought it had been established that it had something to do with a drug transaction gone wrong.

I don't think he looks bad...🤷

Perhaps, r50. I haven't really been following.

There are some hot bodies in this trailer but the whole thing looks like a downer. Can’t get over Efron’s transformation into Shrek.

He looks fine - now. Plastic is his future.

He has transformed himself into a strange new version of himself that reminds me of this character from Clash Of The Titans. It's a hyper-masculinized face with angular features. He had a softness before that was very well balanced with a handsome, masculine face. He didn't need to tinker with that. Sure, everyone ages and you expect some of the boyishness to fade, but he could easily have maintained his looks without doing this complete and very misguided overhaul.

Never thought he was anything special. I always preferred Kellan Lutz. Now of course, I couldn't care less about either, although Efron seems like a decent guy.

The closet sucks

Dead behind the eyes. What has he seen that he can’t unsee?

He had asymmetrical "bedroom" (sleepy) type eyes that he apparently didn't like. He wanted a more masculine bottom half of his face, so he had his jaw and chin worked on.

He looks hotter.

Too boyish and twinkish before.

He’s also a steroid user. Guys on steroids age quick and start to develop that melting simian face.

Will he hit the sauce now that The Iron Claw is bombing?

R60 finds Chromagnon hot.

Such a shame, his sleepy bedroom eyes were a large part of his appeal. He should never have touched them.

Yes. R63, I like men that look like masculine men. I’m sorry that’s difficult for you to understand.

The movie was going to bomb.

Aside from a few queens (like me) who listed after the Von Erich men, their wrestling federation was seen by nearly NO ONE. It was all about the WWF. I tuned in to see those ripped men, not the fat Hulk Hogan (although Ravishing Rick Rude and the Cuban were sooo sexy. I forget the Cuban’s name. So hot. Talk. Beefy. Fake Cuban but still. Smoldering)

Who decided to make this film? No one cared when they died. No one cares now. They were never popular. Ever.

Brutus Beefcake and his story would’ve been more relevant.

So yeah, poor (allegedly gay) Zac fucked up his health, body, face, thinking this was his Mickey Rourke moment. Or Christian Bale in the Mechanic.

Zac. It’s not. You will never be a huge star.

Accept it. Accept yourself. Be happy.

The movie looks like one for the Sons of Anarchy crowd.

[quote]Who decided to make this film? No one cared when they died. No one cares now. They were never popular. Ever.

You're full of shit. I'm from Dallas and it was a HUGE deal whenever a Von Erich died. They were EXTREMELY popular.

The entire family is a tragedy waiting to be a biopic.

You tried it tho...

I looked him up and he's worth $30 million. 36 yo.

He was fucking gorgeous when he was in his twenties. Hopefully, whatever has happened to his face will settle down. His skin seems very rough and stretched.

r68, exactly. It was REGIONAL wrestling. You’re from TX. It was from there.

Ask 100 people anywhere who a Von Erich is and I would wager ZERO could answer.

You’re skewed because you grew up with them.

I'll just add, my friend who was in rehab with Zac is bisexual. I'd like to ask him more about Zac, but his phone is disconnected. He must've relapsed, as he often does. I think its funny that despite how many times he tried calling the number Zac gave him, it only ever went to voice-mail. This was a long time ago, probably around 2014.

Between the steroid , drugs and plastic surgery, there is no way this guy will live to 50.

I'd like to taste his hole before he goes.

R70 Wrestling fans know who they are and not just people from Texas. Like you know anyone who knows anything other than which Housewives franchise is currently running. FOH

He has a hot ass, but his face couldn’t last forever…

I think he looks better now.

The round, doughy jawline would not have aged well.

As for the actual family, I had to Google them.

r74, read what I wrote. I was a huge wrestling fan.

And chill out. I am merely stating facts. Even with wrestling fans today, I would bet less than .1% know anything about this family.

Nothing.

They were regional wrestling celebrities. And since you mentioned it, that’s the equivalent of knowing who Simon is from RH of NY, and even then, he’s probably more known.

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r72, Mickey Roarke wants you to hold his beer....