You might want to sit down, Wildcats — one of the most memorable dances from was almost entirely improvised. , who starred as Troy Bolton in all three of the Disney films, revealed that the iconic golf course dance to “Bet on It” was actually cultivated on the fly. “That was all improv,” he told his costar during an interview with published on Monday, June 24.
“And we shot it, I think the whole song, in like three hours.” , the sequel to the 2006 Disney hit, premiered in 2007 and follows the same cast of characters as they work their summer jobs at a country club. The “Bet on It” scene happens amid a fit of anger from Troy at the movie’s main antagonist, ( ).
The dance follows him across the club grounds as he punches the air and passionately belts out the lyrics. Efron not only said the dance didn’t go as planned, he admitted there was no plan at all. “When we shot that, we just had no ideas for what to do on the day,” Efron said.
“The director [ ], he was like, ‘Dude, we have no concept for this song. What do you want to do?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know, we’re on a golf course.'” King called the dance “iconic,” adding that she had a “mini locker” when she was a kid.
“I would put my pencil case in it and all this stuff, and I would press buttons and you would sing to me,” King admitted. 17 million viewers tuned into the premiere — a network record that still stands today. Its soundtrack debuted at No.
1 and was certified as.
