"Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat!" Well, unless you get offered the juicy role of one of America's most infamous murderers—then all bets are off.
High School Musical, Baywatch, and Greatest Showman alum Zac Efron is shedding his handsome boy-next-door-ness to tackle the role of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy for a chilling new biopic. The results are confusing, upsetting, horrifying, and (broadly speaking) super not okay.
The first trailer for the project, titled Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile—a direct quote from one of Bundy's numerous guilty verdicts—reveals the shudder-inducing tone of the film, told from the perspective of Bundy's lovestruck girlfriend Liz Kendall (Lily Collins.) At the time of his state-administered execution in 1989, Bundy was believed to be responsible for upwards of 30 deaths.
Sundance Film Festival goers will catch the first screening of the movie on Jan. 26. Its wide release date has yet to be announced. Update, 1/27: Read Mashable's review of the film here.
