Zac Efron on Crocodile Catching in Papua New Guinea, Playing a Dad & Prank at UFC Match

[@lauraphilip2824]

Thank you Zac for expressing one of our uniqueness of this Beautiful Country of Papua New Guinea..Thanks to High School Musical for introducing such a great young man. So real and so humbled..Love from PNG.

[@aarfan44]

If you haven’t seen Zac in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, watch it. He’s a great actor.

[@jsully8076]

We've seen it, it was mehh.

[@karenling2106]

firestarter based on the stephen king novel see it in theatres friday or see it on peacock

[@shayla7683]

@@jsully8076 his acting was meh or the movie was meh cuz he’s acting was amazing in that film

[@jsully8076]

@@shayla7683 How hard of an acting gig is it to portray a charming serial killer? That's like my dream role...

[@shayla7683]

@@jsully8076 I can’t tell if ur being serious or not

[@vanessakorni9165]

High School Musical fan since forever.. Greetings from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

[@verogarrcia7]

Zac Enron is truly a great and down to earth human being! Wish more actors were like him

[@mpolin_]

Enron 💀💀💀

[@titusmccarthy]

@@mpolin_ ENRON! hahahahahahaha!

[@jessicadan2728]

How sure are you that he's down to earth?

[@RacleandRaHill]

@@jessicadan2728 bc he has a netflix show w that same title duh

[@emmanuelmuembi8976]

@@mpolin_ 😂

[@ehenne55]

I’m still trying to wrap my head around how tf Zac Effron is playing dad roles.

[@thespectrum995]

He's now the world's hottest DILF

[@southernweather25]

Pretty sure cause lots of girls wouldn't mind him getting them pregnant.

[@captlanc]

Because he did something to his face

[@stephenheart1916]

We old now fam lol

[@thisisgabireads]

we’re old now 💀

[@justabloke007]

A lot of us 90s & early 2000s kids in Papua New Guinea grew up watching high school musical. Here in Papua New Guinea Zac Efron is known as Troy Bolton, even when he's acting in a different movie people will still call him Troy Bolton. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ar83091]

Where's Papua New Guinea

[@nellyoz]

@@ar83091 located just north-ish of Australia

[@hollytaylor4710]

i love that lmfao

[@jordtununto7103]

@@ar83091 Google it.

[@elizabethG555]

​@@ar83091 good question

[@vanessapaul2062]

Jimmy always asks silly questions for humour but thank you Zac for respectfully telling your experience of PNG.

[@natapereke9808]

Am from Papua New Guinea!!!!!And just can't believe Zac exactly came here!!!! Am crying rn

[@boogiedownbronx73]

I really got to like his personality since he focused on finding himself. Turned out to be a good human that is not stuckup from hollywood.

[@iyanuoriakhi4794]

yeah

[@jackson857]

2:06 It's actually just above Australia. In fact the capital of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, is just 500 km (a little over 300 miles) from the coastline of north QLD Australia.

[@kevinyowait2463]

Thank you, Mr Zac Efron for coming to PNG. You've really put the country. We need more people like you to come over & talk about PNG because as you know not Many people know much about PNG. Especially there in USA. I hope you can come again for a holiday or invite more Hollywood stars, musicians, sports stars you communicate with to come over for holidays. Love from Papua New Guinea Kevin

[@tylerhackner9731]

He needs better movies to star in he’s really talented

[@iadiramorales68]

He has the sweetest ❤soul. He really is a great artist, he just tries different things, his an explorer 🧭 good for him!

[@zacefron4620]

❤️Thanks for limitless love and support you have consistently been showing me. I really appreciate the unconditional love I’ve gotten from you, which has inspired me to give more sensational entertainment. I’m forever grateful. What country are you watching from?

[@iyanuoriakhi4794]

He's so sweet and caring

[@carlycoppi4769]

He's obviously very Attractive and very charming and he seems like such a nice man but he is also a fantastic actor so talented!!! He's such a genius!!! Him playing Ted Bundy was out of this world!! He was amazing and you totally forgot it was Zac Efron playing Ted Bundy again he is pure genius!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@tessaziegler5798]

I'm so excited for the new Down to Earth. The first season was amazing. I've seen it 3 times and I learned so much every time I watched it. ❤

[@worldcitizeng6507]

Travel shows teach us new culture and history 🙂 a free KZbin channel TRACKS also has adventure all over the world 🌎 recent weeks it has the Sahara, Istanbul etc

[@torguy5763]

IMHO, I think he's really sleeping on his talent, he's such a great actor, but unfortunately he mostly chooses not very good movies to star in, he's only been in a small handful of really good movies. He could be up there with Pitt, Damon, DiCaprio and so on.

[@dumbgenius4754]

This is 100% true

[@pauljohn.zac23]

he will get there soon

[@ryanf1425]

Give him time

[@JustJulie-cz8fs]

For sure - I think his weakness is picking the right scripts, but also a lot of people snubbing him and not wanting to give him a chance.

[@yurmomsaccount]

He also went through a bit of a hiatus because of some addiction issues a few years back. Also 17 Again is a masterpiece and I will not change my mind. 😂❤️

[@johnkanekunga6668]

Zac, first of all thank you for visiting Papua New Guinea. Glad you liked it, it is an amazing country. Your visitation was all over the news and social media tho.

[@wintersoul37]

Zac: In Papua New Guinea there's no technology. Me: *Watching this interview on KZbin while waiting to find a match in League of Legends*

[@elmappetiskamga886]

He literally said he faced timed with the tribes men..when did he say there was no technology..he spoke about am adventure..

[@urloudandwrong]

@@elmappetiskamga886 he said it directly before the tribesmen FaceTime statement.

[@naudalyke]

What's neat is I heard that some people play as if they're really tribal just to attract more tourists/get money. Some people will return and are shocked that they actually have phones and stuff lol

[@bobbytrevino2066]

I love Zack he's a great actor and is adventurous

[@annegame7682]

Can´t wait for the Firestarter. Loved this interview. Zac is so chilled. Allways interesting to listen to him. Great story about the crocodiles and adventures in Papua New Guinea. He did not mention he almost died there. Dude is tough as hell. I am curious to see Down to Earth 2, first part was dope.

[@worldcitizeng6507]

Papua 🇵🇬 new Guinea is between Australia and Indonesia. That part of the world used to have head hunters (not recruiter 😁) There was a mini series of Taiwanese travel show featuring 3 episodes of travel to Papua 🇵🇬 New Guinea a few years ago, very interesting, very authentic tribe, they sail the river with narrow boats, kids swimming in river knowing that there are crocodile 🐊 in it

[@caitgurlxo]

Omg he looks so different now. He also deserves so much more than what we he does 😭

[@lissab2113]

@@clareleanne he never had plastic surgery. He broke his jaw and he had to get his wisdom tooth removed

[@heidi.2197]

@@lissab2113 He did have plastic surgery. Even after breaking his jaw he did an interview about it, but looked kinda the same. Since some time after his jaw breaking, and healing he got fillers

[@darrellm9915]

@@heidi.2197He had orthognathic and reconstructive jaw surgery, not aesthetic "plastic" surgery, which is the surgery that most people know of. And fillers are not surgical, obviously. They're temporary cosmetic procedures that dissolve after about 1-2 years.

[@TheStepmonkey]

@@darrellm9915 After breaking his jaw he looked the same, he's just using that as an excuse for his surgeries (jaw implant, fillers, etc)

[@TheStepmonkey]

Sad that he ruined his face with plastic surgery...

[@Leilasweet6]

I miss Zac I hope he will do more stuff soon

[@nelsoniolanakokoa2538]

I am Papua New Guinean and I can say literally every single Papua New Guinea know Zac Efron as Troy from High School Musical. Someone took a picture with him at the airport that went viral here in PNG. Zac went to the rural parts of ONE province. We have 22 provinces, a BIG city with TECHNOLOGY, a city that he passed through to go to Sepik. I feel like most of what he said was overexaggrated.

[@jedit2586]

Mi harim em tok olsem PNG 🇵🇬 nogat inap technology, dispela mekim mi lap stret 😂.

[@nelsoniolanakokoa2538]

@@jedit2586 mi faul na faul ogeda.

[@natalieajonathan1337]

Honestly brada 😪

[@mangosandpineapples4301]

Enron's technology comment is in reference to the outback villages in rural areas of PNG. Yupla maski pilim pen nating.

[@nelsoniolanakokoa2538]

@@mangosandpineapples4301 he didn't make that clear. Of course you would understand that but ino ol lain lo hap

[@brendonpauwia963]

Thanks Zac for visiting my country Papua New Guinea🇵🇬 and the mighty SEPIK River with my people.

[@malcolmmaze2583]

Im from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 I watched high school musical as a teen and loved it. Glad Zac had a great experience in PNG although the place you visited was remote hence the technology but again thanks for sharing the world about our beautiful country ❤️😇👍

[@deskipa]

I love watching Jimmy Kimmel show and interviewing Zac Effron on his trip to PNG IS AWESOME. Jimmy should visit PNG. You will learn a lot about nature.

[@hompotreka]

Just imagine meeting this guy - the questions I would ask. He has really lived!!!

[@aziara369]

Me as a situationally awkward person, asking him questions: Oh yeah yeah uhmmm so uhm will you marry me

[@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve]

I absolutely love Zack! Great guy intelligent good actor, would love to see more of him! I

[@tiffany4934]

I went to Papua New Guinea for a few weeks in my 20's one of the craziest experiences of my life!

[@samsonawasa4432]

Where exactly in PNG?

[@islewave5133]

Which part?

[@reneethornton9228]

I still enjoy watching him in Hair Spray and The Greatest Showman, love to see him dance. Not sue if he was ever a celebrity dancer on Dancing With The Stars. Love 💕 you.

[@sergecanepa]

Zac in dirty grandpa is hands down one his greatest comedic performances

[@melanesianhulakuni]

I woudnt say Sepiks worship crocodiles but rather Revere Crocodiles are part of their Culture...its always nice to hear westerns visit provinces of my country...

[@captainkay]

i could watch zac efron content all day

[@RickDistance]

And Doug Batchelor only 2 hours?

[@Alex-zi1nb]

That’s so funny the people in PNG knew who he was but said nothing until the end! Glad he got to be “normal” for two weeks and then they blew their cover lol

[@gracekalau8781]

We respect people's privacy in PNG and allow them to have their personal space. We don't even acknowledge our own local artists or famous politicians in public places. They mind their business, we mind ours. Unless of course if Zac was an Australian Rugby player then it would have been a different story🥱

[@HelenPolumeheich]

Dude Pierce Brosnan and Mathew McConaughey have been to PNG. Pretty sure these Celebs get enough Paps in the world. Here, Paps would be terrified to move around. 😅🤣

[@rakataniraka]

Thank you Zac for sharing your experience of Papua New Guinea. My country is just directly north of Australia, Queensland (Cairns, Townsville). Thank you from PNG

[@alyssatiki]

Almost everyone in PNG knows him as Troy 🤣🫶🏽🇵🇬

[@motestaplofom8649]

Most people born after 1980 here in Papua New Guinea knows who he is. High School musical was a thing here in Papua New Guinea when it came out.

[@Ayoubeboussoubite]

03:55 "they caught god?" had me dying 😂😂😂 Good interview! Can't wait for the movie! ☺️ ❤️

[@barbaraduval9540]

I thought not to far from us Catholics, we are baptized then eat the body of Christ in Eucharist. 🤔🙏🏼

[@RickDistance]

Name of the god?

[@bustingyewls154]

I only notice his face changed when he smiles. His cheeks are puffy and bigger jaw. As long as he’s happy though

[@allebasi]

He broke his jaw pretty badly a little while back.

[@daniellaimonzing6607]

As a Papua New Guinean,I am really proud

[@yawetausalem3181]

Count me too...proud PNG

[@ToneTraveler]

I spent about a month in PNG. I want to go back. It is a beautiful place full of great people as well as lots to explore. I did not see any Crocodiles. Cassowary and many other animals though. We did go to the Island of Loloata Island (rich ppl spend tens of thousands to snorkel there, out of my class, but fortunate) which was incredible too. Too much to explore in one lifetime in one place.

[@Russpng]

Yeah - it's always great to see good publicity for PNG. Although now POM based I did live for 5 years in Sandaun - and we should tell Zac that it's called the "S ee pik" not the "S eh pik". Maybe a bit of the Sagothorns will help him.

[@Russpng]

@@yawetausalem3181 Hi Yawetau - it's Russell here. Hope you are well.....:). I miss your fine support at work.

[@jbjjbb]

Have you ever seen the Etoro people?

[@sachumwapa4368]

Thanks for comming to Papua New Guinea Zac. Your awesome.

[@doloreskokoani9153]

So they didn't come up to you till the last day on your trip, its called respect. Your welcome, ouuu look at me on the internet, guess we do have technology in PNG after all. Love how respectful he was of the culture. Im from PNG, specifically from Sepik. and hell yeah we've heard of you. WE ALL HAVE. hahahahhahaha

[@rohitnaidu402]

Zac Effron💣💣💣 Dude is just great. I love his moviezzzzzzzzzzz

[@dominicawuliyelo8157]

Papua New Guinea is the second biggest island in the world... m orite, umi ol humble lain🇵🇬

[@EstherLugeno]

I'm a fan from Papua New Guinea,, thanks for visiting ❤❤❤

[@malkavarschulz49]

For people who have no sort of culture whatsoever, you’d think that they’d be more respectful of everyone else’s 🤣🤣🤣 I’m from PNG🇵🇬 and we do have technology here lmao, maybe not as advanced as it is over there but we definitely do have it!

[@jedit2586]

Mi lap taim em tok olsem mipela nogat technology ya 😂🇵🇬.

[@mangosandpineapples4301]

He meant in the rural areas..nogat technology na infrastructure long bush.

[@alyssatiki]

Riiight

[@stephencallanan3795]

Having grown up In Papua New Guinea, I can tell you the crocodiles are no joke. And that's by Australian standards. Incidentally, they are freaking delicious with some garlic butter.

[@raiylynmitchell5892]

what do you mean? like they are are so much bigger and more aggressive or? (crocs are my favorite animals just interested)

[@johaniffsofiz]

I think he is living a healthy life of no pressure to make big movies and has a great work life balance. Great role model. And frankly, he is so famous around the world as is. Dont want him to end up so obssessed for success and end up smacking people during Oscars. Viva the Efron! 😁

[@tabathawatts4340]

totally agree he is awesome well said

[@garyfayman5976]

:) I don't think Zac would ever be the type of person to smack someone like that. He seems like he has a lot of class.

[@mymelody3090]

I love him 💕

[@ryantogo8359]

He's a great role model aside from the steroid use and plastic surgery

[@lkiersche8901]

am i wrong but he has changed his face * in different ways i gues* , but love, a lot of love, great actor

[@kylynngeorge7145]

PNG here 🇵🇬

[@lillie_n]

We do have technology in most parts of Papua New Guinea🇵🇬

[@rudolfteine5515]

I am from Papua New Guinea🇵🇬 and I'm currently using technology to write this 😂

[@darkeyed.lowlander]

Good to see he is doing well 👍🏼👍🏼

[@EagleReelsGaming]

Down to earth was AMAZING I loved it and learned alot.

[@easyupsc6212]

hi Zac God I grew up watching him in high school musical. Zac has grown up like crazy now. Anyways its always nice seeing him.

[@trishabidesi8604]

Fijian here and we know who Zac Effron is. My generation we loved HSM !. They say if they know you in remote places on earth THAN YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR.

[@russellmagun7913]

If Papua New Guinea had no technology, im probably watching this video off a rock😏

[@adrianmaloney6177]

Mipla ol flintstone ya😂😂 yabadabado

[@Biotoze]

I hope Firestarter is a “break out” for Zac Efron for different roles. He’s got serious acting chops.

[@titusmccarthy]

It was awful. Not Zac's fault but it was just BAD.

[@annabanabanana]

The movie was pretty bad. Aside from the story being not good, I didn’t feel like there was a real fatherly connection between him and the actress who played the daughter. I don’t know why but the energy was off. It felt like he lacked that fatherly emotion and connection in the movie. The whole energy was weird. I really wanted to see him slay the dad role :( So wouldn’t recommend the movie personally.

[@jedit2586]

So glad he visited my country 🇵🇬.

[@jimmyispromo]

I hate how every time he gets on TV, he looks better. Jealous haha

[@batatasol8540]

Great to explore my wilderness wildlife and untouched jungle of Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬... PNG. Is north of Australia.

[@maylianne9247]

"In Papua New Guinea there's no technology" welp! here I am typing this comment on my stone cell phone.

[@Kamo766]

He's still a dreamer.

[@ngalbata8458]

Jimmy need to visit Png especially Sepik to understand where Zac, when He refereed to Crocodile as their "god"

[@leahrigano6373]

I’m from Papua New Guinea and I love that they gave him the experience but knew who he was the whole time and everyone had phones 😂

[@JeremyMark]

Pity they don't teach geography at schools in the US of A. If they did, Mr Kimmel would have known that PNG is more beautiful than Australia and even USA. Btw, thanks Zac for visiting PNG and seeing with your own eyes that we're not savages and that you can facetime your peeps back home if you'd wanted to. A potential plug to promote tourism in PNG but anyway...good stuff 👍🇵🇬

[@margretkoma4040]

I know right. Mr Kimmel needs geography tutorial. .

[@bryanluntz1603]

Good to see Ya Zac Great actor and adventurist Ya look good Stay healthy

[@hilarynix]

Zac would be a great father.

[@MelanesianEntertaiment]

Hahaha.😆😅🤣😂 Saw him at Airways Hotel in Port Moresby before his flight back to the US.

[@Sindollx666x]

Zach Efron should be cast as the brother of Jensen Ackles in something and Rob Lowe could be cast as their father.

[@mo19702009]

What a beautiful man. I hope for him to get projects that show all of his capacity.

[@TheBrownLamb]

What on earth did he do to his face…he was so pretty

[@landdcollection]

I wonder if it’s just because he gained weight? Or if he had a botched Cosmetic procedure?

[@TheBrownLamb]

@@landdcollection Nah it isn’t. He got work done a while back and hasn’t looked the same since. No idea why so many celebs do this when they end up looking so much worse. Either way it’s their body and their choice

[@jordanlongley3776]

@@landdcollection definitely the latter. Just Weight gain alone doesn’t completely alter your face like tht

[@shannonhopkins4306]

No he broke his jaw really badly awhile back people ,find out facts before speaking unkindly about others,damn he still looks handsome .

[@DerekHoscorner]

Jimmy Kimmel zac Efron on crocodile Papua awesomeness job interview

[@rohitnaidu402]

😂

[@soriano2689]

Kudos to his surgeon !

[@spody22]

Zac and Hemsworth should collab. Both are adventurous and daredevils

[@CJ-nu7dp]

Yaaaa where my Aussies at 😂❤

[@salomiesongake8893]

Everyone knows him in Papua New Guinea 😂 too bad they had to show you the very last minute 😂

[@marlynjoseph6680]

Omg I was waiting for this interview this entire time😌 we heard he came but we were expecting him to come to the city 🥺

[@goat504]

It’s interesting how comments on the newer zac efron interviews are talking less and less about his looks maybe people will start to notice his good personality now

[@yurmomsaccount]

I mean he's a sweetheart, but still totally freaking hot. 🤣😂

[@meghbanerjee4259]

@@yurmomsaccount Yesss

[@katie-pq7wb]

Love his show down to earth on netflix. Everyone should watch it

[@juliamyron7347]

Yessss,! I concur

[@Nazaba09]

So was Richard gere. They know their pop culture there. 🤣

[@matsernn]

Zac is actually a great actor. Should pick better projects. He could be a serious name in the industey

[@asikosamusicmessages]

Especially my people in Sepik River. Avisat ❤.

[@cynthiagabriel6739]

FYI we do have technology in PNG.

[@jasminemai3023]

Hi, yeah, Papua New Guinean here. We do have technology 🙄

[@DoubleO7-11]

Zac Efron should be the next Wolverine! Let’s Greatest Showman this thing and pass the baton from Hugh Jackman!

[@acarter50]

And then a drinking game was created - "take a shot for how many times Zac slaps his thigh" lolol

[@balletdancer4894]

Woot woot 😘❤️❤️😍what an awesome interview love him

[@AmyJoyLandry]

Suddenly he & Rob Lowe look the same age, reminds me of him lol

[@catherinethompson837]

I lived in PNG for over 4 years but missed that experience thank God.

[@Parrotchuter]

Wasn’t he the dude from high school musical?

[@juschileann]

Hahaha yh bro that’s him

[@dhruvPatel-qg2nm]

You've scored 10 on 10 congratulations

[@thespectrum995]

Literally the first sentence of the video said that

[@annegame7682]

no :)

[@Dominic.J.A.88]

GOLD - another good movie from Efron

[@HooRideHooBang]

The Movie "Gold" was nice!

[@annegame7682]

Loved Gold! So intense. Zac was brilliant

[@HooRideHooBang]

@@annegame7682 hee was such a good Actor,its unbelivable coming from Zac hahahhahaha

[@jbjjbb]

I wanted to see it, but it was never in any AMC theaters in Los Angeles.

[@annegame7682]

@@jbjjbb oh, maybe in some "art" movie theatres? I am Europen...

[@lillie_n]

Zac: It's on the same part of the globe but is really far away. Me: Yeah uh...it's actually 150km Zac🙄

[@angeloandaija6643]

150km at the cloest points😊

[@Tahj-Leigh]

Zac doing dad roles just reminded me of how old I am. We were just teenagers not too long ago!😭😭😭

[@zacefron9995]

❤️ Thanks for your endless love and support you have shown me. I'm forever grateful. I really appreciate your unconditional love and support towards me... Where are you watching from?

[@mickeymouse7726]

He can totally play Wolverine in either a solo movie or a X-Men movie

[@pauljohn.zac23]

High School Musical really raised an entire generation

[@ClaireKouro]

That's how we do here in PNG 🇵🇬 Low key everything no matter who you are.

[@augustbloom_]

Zac you boss!! I love you!!! You dare Devil of a fuckn man. Respect. Thanks for coming to my country. Wan luv