In her latest role, actress Vanessa Hudgens has attracted a whole new audience to “High School Musical 2.”
The actress admitted last week to posing nude in a photograph, apologized and is now hoping she didn’t just ruin her chances to continue with the multimillion-dollar “High School Musical” franchise. It’s not the slip-up that has Hollywood talking, it’s the way the 18-year-old handled it that’s earning her praises and may have just catapulted her career to the next level.
It was something that was never meant to become public. A series of photos of a young Hudgens sans clothing in a bathroom spread across the Internet last week.
“This was a photo, which was taken privately,” said a statement from Hudgens’ publicist. “It is a personal matter and it is unfortunate that this has become public.”
The only possible negative effect this is likely to have on Hudgens is if she is dropped from the High School Musical franchise. Otherwise, the picture is likely to give her a very nice career boost.
While one of the photos does show full frontal nudity, they’re not graphic or obscene. Of course, parents of the squeaky clean crowd to which High School Musical appeals could beg to differ. [See Pictures Below]
-Chris Jones
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