Zac Efron plays the dashing lead in Netflix ’s new rom-com, A Family Affair, but fans are already pointing out how different the actor looks. The High School musical star appears opposite Nicole Kidman and Joey King in the new film which follows movie star Chris (Zac) who strikes up a relationship with his assistant’s (Joey) widowed mother Brooke (Nicole) with chaotic results for the trio. As viewers delivered their verdict on whether this latest streaming service romance is a hit or miss, many have shared concerns over the actor’s face, saying he looks like an ‘entirely different person’.
Others speculated whether he has taken the familiar pipeline for many older Hollywood stars and invested in some form of cosmetic surgery. Although the Iron Claw actor has had jaw surgery in the past, it’s not for the reason fans may assume. So here’s everything we know about the Hollywood star’s facial transformation.
News that Zac hurt himself first broke in 2013 , with details emerging that his jaw had been wired shut and he required stitches. In April 2021, after an Earth Day special Bill Nye, the internet caught onto how radically different his facial structure appeared, sparking social media discourse about what happened. A year later, the Greatest Showman actor told Men’s Health Magazine that he severely injured his jaw in a freak accident at home .
He explained that he had been running through his house in socks and slipped, smashing his chin against the granite co.