Hollywood star Zac Efron opens up on playing a dad in the impending Stephen King film transformation.

Hollywood star Zac Efron “didn’t have the foggiest idea what he was doing” when he depicted a dad without precedent for forthcoming science fiction thrill ride ‘Firestarter’.

In the most recent episode of ‘The Ellen DeGeneres show’, Efron told the host: “I didn’t consider it so much.

“And afterward when we began recording the film, I had a fourteen day quarantine and when I escaped quarantine, we began shooting that Monday, so it was a speedy introduction to the film, and out of nowhere I had this girl before me.

“We had a weighty father girl scene without skipping a beat, and I understood I was definitely underprepared for this part. I didn’t have the foggiest idea what I was doing.”

In the wake of shooting the film, the ’17 Again’ star conceded he won’t be hoping to have children at any point in the near future.

He added: “I imagine that was a solid portion to procrastinate on me however long vital. I have somewhat more developing to do, most likely.”

The 2022 science fiction thrill ride has been adjusted from the 1984 film in view of Stephen King’s 1980 novel of a similar name, and initially featured David Keith as Andy and Drew Barrymore as Andy’s little girl Charlie McGee.

The film, which follows the tale of a youngster who attempts to comprehend how she strangely acquired the capacity to set things ablaze with her brain, will be delivered on May 13.