The former Disney star and 'indie girl' wants to work with Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, even Woody Allen. But for now she's content with Christmas.
Vanessa Hudgens in Netflix’s “The Princess Switch.”
After completion of “High School Musical,” she and her team were deliberate in her choice of projects. “I wanted to do those dark films, so I wanted to make sure that I wasn’t going to be put in a box,” she recalls. “And the only way to get out of that is to do different types of projects.” has tried to distance themselves from their Disney beginnings in an attempt to expand their range.
“When I think of people’s perception of ‘the good Disney kid gone wrong,’ I think of kids who maybe have had substance abuse [issues] or been in the public eye and having mental breakdowns, and I look at the difference between them and myself. And what I think is, I was a lot shyer than I believe they were,” says Hudgens. “I also didn’t enjoy the L.A. club scene, nor do I still today, so I never got myself into situations that I felt like I shouldn’t have been seen in.
While Hudgens has favored “dark and twisted films,” she starred last year on the big screen alongside Jennifer Lopez in “Second Act,” which admittedly was a career highlight for her. During her audition, Hudgens recalls how “emotional” and “easy” it was with Lopez. “I called [my boyfriend] Austin [Butler] afterwards, and I was like, ‘I don’t even care if I get this part, because that experience was so beautiful.’ I saw her, and she saw me,” she muses.
Even though she’s been acting for two decades, Hudgens feels she’s “barely scratched the surface.” And her ambition is endless: The actress would love to work with directors like Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Yorgos Lanthimos and Gaspar Noé. She’d even love to do a film with Woody Allen. “I love Woody Allen films. ‘Vicky Christina Barcelona’ is one of my favorite movies,” she says.
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