Zac Efron graces the cover of Entertainment Weekly’s photo issue, now on newsstands.

Zac Efron, star of the upcoming High School Musical 3: Senior Year, turns 21 in a little over a week. Here’s what he told Entertainment Weekly about the end of HSM:

”This felt like a good final chapter of HSM for me. The fans basically demanded we make it. So this was our opportunity to do everything to the best of our abilities on a big screen.”

And what’s next for Zac Efron and girlfriend/co-star Vanessa Hudgens? ”After three movies together, Vanessa and I feel free to do whatever we want, and we’re just kind of silly and uninhibited. It felt like the best working vacation I’ve ever taken.”