When the time comes for Rob Lowe to get his own biopic, he hopes producers phone Zac Efron to play him. Sitting down with his son, John Owen Lowe , to spill the E-Tea in association with Ancestry.com, the father-son duo chatted about everything from season 2 of their Netflix show, Unstable , to Lowe's aspirations for having The Iron Claw actor, 36, portray him.
"Who would you want to play you in a movie about your life? And let's say I'm off the table," John Owen, 29, asked his dad as they interviewed each other. "Zac Efron," Rob, 60, responded promptly. " Iron Claw ? Amazing.
He's amazing." "No, yeah, Zac Efron would be great," John Owen agreed sarcastically, prompting his dad to ask what issue he takes with the idea. "I think that -- that would be a funny phone call to sit in on.
You trying to pitch that to his agents." John Owen added, "It would be great casting. I'm just saying I don't think Zac Efron would do it.
" Back in 2013, Rob even compared himself to The High School Musical alum after Efron sought treatment for issues related to substance abuse. The Outsiders star -- who similarly struggled early on in his prolific Hollywood career -- shared that he had been in contact with Efron to lend his support and offer advice should he need it. He sat down with the late Larry King and called the Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates star "a little bit of a mini-me," saying he had taken Efron under his wing in a mentor-mentee relationship and expressed his pride in how far the you.