When I talked to HSM's resident basketball coach, real name Bart Johnson, I got more than tale of cross-country trekking, he had some very telling things to say about his on-screen son, Zac Efron!

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Bart told me: I think I'm the luckiest guy in the cast, because all of my scenes are with Zac while he is dealing with some heavy life issues. So I miss out on some of the singing and dancing and all that stuff, but I get to have these great acting scenes with Zac. He takes his work very seriously. We get together before we shoot a scene and we break it all down, rewrite and do our best to make the most out of it. This is not the normal approach when you are working with most people. I really have enjoyed working with him quite a bit.ù

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ME: So he's like a little bro?

B: We are much closer in age to being brothers than father son. Plus I'm pretty immature and he's pretty mature, so we can hang out and ride skateboards!

We have a lot in common and we have a good time hanging out.

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ME: HSM4? What's the word?!?

B: After 3 movies and all of the premiers, press and events, we have all become very good friends. That makes getting together to make the film a blast! The people who work on them are great and kids love these movies. It's made my life pretty fun and interesting. So why not?ù

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Hey, can't argue with that!

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Word.

-Wes

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