Zac Efron hospitalised after swimming accident in Spain

4 August, 2024

Zac Efron

Zac Efron was taken to hospital after a “minor swimming incident” in Spain.

The incident took place on Friday night (August 2) and led to Efron being pulled out of a pool in a villa in Ibiza by two workers who found him “in distress”.

He was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure and was released the following morning. Representatives for Efron confirmed that he is now “fine”.

It is unclear what might have caused his distress or if he was at risk of drowning.

Earlier this week, the actor appeared on stage with Martin Garrix during a performance at the Ushuaïa Ibiza Hotel and Beach Club in the Spanish city. Footage of the performance captured him dancing alongside the DJ to cheers from the crowd.

Efron’s most recent role came in Netflix’s new rom-com A Family Affair, in which he appears opposite Nicole Kidman 12 years after they first appeared on screen together in The Paperboy. 

Speaking about the differences between the two movies, he told Entertainment Weekly: “It was a different movie. What did Nicole call it? She called it swamp noir. It’s a cool movie.

“It was very gritty and really raw, and [in] this, we got the joy of getting to fall in love with a lot less stress. We kind of just got to do the fun part and pick up where that left off and laugh and really live in it, which was great. It was refreshing and nice.”

Efron and Kidman told People back in June that the film had originally been titled Motherfucker, which had taken Efron’s interest immediately.

“That made the script stay at the top of the pile,” Efron said. “It’s like, what on Earth could this be about?”

“I jumped. I think we both kind of did. We jumped at it. It was like, this is perfect. What better way to reconnect? And we get to have fun.”

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