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Drew Barrymoreonce joinedZac EfronandVanessa Hudgensfor what she calls “one of the funnest nights of my life.”
“I was just thinking about, back in the day, we went to a Kings of Leon concert together, you, me and Zac Efron, and it was one of the funnest nights of my life,” Barrymore, 46, said.
Hudgens, 32, replied, “Are you kidding me? It’s like, still a story I tell to this day. That was such a wild time. I remember being there and I was like, ‘What’s happening? This is so amazing.’ You were so sweet.”
Barrymore added, “I was literally your and Zac’s third wheel,” before saying, “It was so fun and you guys were so cute and cozy and I just had the best time.”
Efron, 33, and Hudgens met in 2005 on the set of the popular 2006 Disney Channel movieHigh School Musicalwhere they played onscreen couple Troy and Gabriella. The two went on to make two sequels for the Disney franchise.
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens inHigh School Musical.
Their romance onscreen translated offscreen and the two dated for four years before splitting in 2010. At the time, a source close to the pair said the split was mutual with no bad blood.
“They are 100 percent still good friends,” the source told PEOPLE of the two actors.
In April 2019, Hudgens opened up about their relationship, tellingThe Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter” podcast their romance “started off really organically.”
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“I could not have been more grateful to have that relationship at that time,” she said.
Before the couple started dating at the “very beginning” ofHigh School Musical, Hudgens noted that their chemistry during auditions was very evident.
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“We created a bond right from the start,” she recalled. “We were like, ‘We’re doing this, it’s us or nothing.'”
source: people.com
