In 2005, Hudgens and Efron found themselves on the set of High School Musical which would go on to be the launching pad for both their acting careers and, of course, their relationship. However, as it turns out, the two didn't exactly become romantic naturally. In fact, they may have had a bit of a push from Disney.
Producers paired up the two to read for the parts of Troy and Gabriella at their audition; because of their unbelievable chemistry, they remained as a pair for the entire audition process. After the fact, Efron revealed that he was a bit surprised that he never got paired with anyone else. "For all of the partner things, me and Vanessa always got paired up," he said at a Disney Channel event in 2007. "I was like, 'They're not trying us with other people.'"
While it might really have just been fate that the two young, lovebirds ended up together, it also seems like Disney producers might have been playing Cupid. Seeing as the two split just two years after the release of the final movie in the HSM franchise, it's very possible that their chemistry was always more out of convenience than anything else.
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