Marc Malkin

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Vanessa Hudgens Getting Beastly With British Boy

Tue., Apr. 28, 2009 12:10 PM PDT by

Vaness Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer Lucas Dawson/Getty Images; Mike Marsland/Getty Images

It's official! Vanessa Hudgens has a new man in her life.

Yes, she's still dating Zac Efron, but I can exclusively reveal that 19-year-old British actor Alex Pettyfer has been cast to star opposite Hudgens in Beastly, a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast, for CBS Films.

Directed by Daniel Barnz, Beastly is based on Alex Flinn's novel of the same name. Shooting begins this summer in Montreal.

A child model turned actor, Pettyfer's credits include Wild Child opposite Emma Roberts and Stormbreaker.


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