Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens – known to some as Zanessa – were one of Hollywood’s hottest teen couples when they dated from 2005 to 2010. These two really did seem like the real deal. They began dating just as their stars were beginning to rise and they managed to make things work for a really long time, especially considering how young they were when they began dating. Since these two were such a big deal when they dated, check out these 8 things you didn’t know about their relationship:
8. Meeting
They met during the auditions for High School Musical. Producers had paired them together, and because of their chemistry, they remained a pair throughout the entire audition process. “For all of the partner things, me and Vanessa always got paired up,” he told People. “I was like, ‘They’re not trying us with other people.’ For some reason we kept sticking around [for callbacks]. I don’t know what it was with Vanessa, but we kind of clicked from the very beginning.”
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