Zac Efron may be garnering career-best reviews for his heartbreaking work in The Iron Claw, his wrestling movie with Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons. But don't think that any of his co-stars are letting the movie star forget where he came from.
During an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the quartet of actors joined the titular talk show host in discussing filming the A24 movie, which included a surprise throwback to one of Efron's most famous roles: as singing basketballer Troy Bolton in The High School Musical trilogy. Simons, who portrays younger brother Mike Von Erich in the wrestling flick, revealed how he jokingly honored Troy in an impromptu musical tribute during one of The Iron Claw's "lively" party scenes:
