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Zac Efron Reacts to Being Called a 'Zaddy' and Talks Playing a Dad in 'Firestarter' (Exclusive)

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Zac Efron's reached that age where he's old enough to play a dad. But, in true new-dad fashion, the kid (sorry) man needs a lesson on a term that entered the pop culture lexicon some six years ago that he's suddenly re-defining: Zaddy!The 34-year-old actor is set to star in the reboot of the 1984 horror film that's an adaptation of a Stephen King novel of the same name.

Efron plays Andy McGee, father to Charlie, who possesses pyrokinesis powers. Budding actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong, 12, plays Charlie.With the new Keith Thomas-directed film set to hit theaters and stream on Peacock on May 14, many fans (notably millennials) are beside themselves at the idea that Efron, who was 18 while filming the first, is now old enough to play the role of a dad.

But, now that the shock has settled in, they've resorted themselves to anointing him as a Zaddy. «Wow, cool!» Efron said. «Is 'Zaddy' not Zac Daddy, or what is it?» Truth be told, Efron had no clue what the term meant until ET's Lauren Zima explained that it's a good-looking dad.

Or, as once put it in a 2018 article: «Zaddy is a man 'with swag' who is attractive and also fashionable.» «Is it?» asked Efron. «Oh wow.

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