Zac Efron Shot a Full Fake ‘Hot Ones’ Interview for ‘A Family Affair’ – But We’ll Never See It

Director Richard LaGravenese also explains to TheWrap how the film chose real moments from Efron’s life to use in the opening sequence

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If there’s one place you can count on the biggest stars in the world showing up at this point, it’s “Hot Ones,” attempting to answer questions while eating insanely spicy hot wings. So naturally, it popped up in “A Family Affair” as part of Zac Efron’s (partly) fictional highlight reel. And, according to the film’s director, Efron really did a whole interview in character — it just didn’t make the final cut.

The new movie, now streaming on Netflix, tells the story of Zara Ford (Joey King), a young assistant to movie star Chris Cole (Efron), hoping to work her way up to being a producer and, eventually, running his company.

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