Want to see actorZac Efron’s face light up?
Ask him aboutStephen King, whose 1980 novelFirestarterinspired Efron’s new movie of the same name.
“We are working with our daughter as she is developing these supernatural pyrokinetic abilities.
Firestarter (2022).Ken Woroner/Universal Pictures
WhenEW spoke withFirestarterproducer Jason Blum earlier this year, he revealed that King had given the newFirestarterhis blessing.
Thatmust have put a smile on Efron’s face.
“That’s great that means the world to me,” says the actor.
Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong in ‘Firestarter’.Ken Woroner/Universal Pictures
“I hadn’t heard that yet.
He did like the film?
My day’s made!”
Firestarterwill be released in theaters and on Peacock May 13.
Watch Efron and Armstrong talk about the film above.
