Dave Franco recalls Zac Efron dislocating his thumb while grabbing each other in 'Neighbors'

In a film centered round frat bros, it is no shock that the roughhousing in Neighbors went a little too far.

On the most recent episode of Name Her Daddy, host Alex Cooper requested Dave Franco how Zac Efron broke his hand while taking pictures Neighbors. The Collectively actor described how Efron injured himself throughout a struggle scene.

“I am making an attempt to recollect if I used to be carrying a cup and he got here in simply actually sturdy,” Franco mentioned. “I feel it was a dislocated thumb to be truthful, nevertheless it occurred.”

Neighbors follows the standoff between younger couple Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) and the fraternity home subsequent door. The frat’s leaders Teddy (Efron) and Pete (Franco) are decided to throw a legendary end-of-year occasion.

In a single scene, Teddy and Pete have a struggle after the latter sleeps with the previous’s girlfriend. The 2 seize onto each other’s crotches in an try and get the other individual to relent. That is when Efron damage his hand.

“I simply suppose he got here in with sufficient power from the fallacious angle,” Franco recalled.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dave Franco, Zac Efron, and Jerrod Carmichael in ‘Neighbors’.

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Showing on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2014, Efron said the solid did all of their very own stunts in Neighbors. The Iron Claw star additionally addressed injuring himself in the course of the film.

“These Franco brothers simply have balls of metal,” he joked. “However I did legitimately break my hand.”

Hearken to the total episode of Name Her Daddy with Dave Franco beneath.

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