Interviewing Zac Efron

Scott Hicks, Zac Efron & Taylor Schilling

I shall never wash my hand again. Zac Efron touched me. He shook my hand when I interviewed him on the red carpet at The Lucky One premiere in Adelaide, and suddenly I understood why thousands of screaming fans showed up to see him.

Considering I only vaguely knew who he was a couple of weeks ago, it's been an interesting journey seeing how Adelaide has embraced this Hollywood heart throb (myself included), and what charisma and sparkly eyes will do for a film.

Of course, Zac is far too young for me, and isn't really my type, but it's funny how easily you get caught up in the excitement of it all.

Steve & I on the red carpet

To back track a little, I was able to do some red carpet interviews on Thursday night last week when Adelaide-based director Scott Hicks brought his new film to town.

The acclaimed director (of Shine fame) wanted Australia to host the film's premieres ahead of the US and Europe, which was a pretty big deal.

As Adelaide's cinemas aren't perhaps as grand as some of those interstate and overseas, I wasn't sure how the whole red carpet thing would look when rolled out at Event Cinemas in Marion, but I was pleasantly surprised.

The whole cinema level (up the escalators) was transformed.

Roadshow brought staging, red carpets (obviously) and barricades from their interstate premieres, which made the area completely unrecognisable.

The thousands of screaming female fans certainly set the scene as well.

I have honestly never heard anything like it and my throat was sore for hours afterward for trying to speak over the incredible high pitched waves of fervor.

The fans packed in for a chance to see Zac!

I was only able to have a really quick chat to each of the stars - Zac Efron, Scott Hicks and Taylor Schilling - but it was enough to see each of their star qualities, and how their passion for their jobs has taken them far. They were all incredibly professional and friendly and it was quite a buzz to have their attention even if only for a minute or two.

I am extremely proud of Scott Hicks and all he's achieved, but most of all I'm impressed that he hasn't forgotten his roots and how delighted he was to showcase his home town to the lead actors in his upcoming film.

Style Insight: Steve (pictured above with me) was wearing Armani & I was in a new season Liza Emanuele tunic.

Photography for Glam Adelaide by Alice Healy. Full gallery here.