Washington
(ANI):
Actress
Vanessa
Hudgens
will
star
opposite
Burberry
model
Alex
Pettyfer
in
a
Beauty
&
The
Beast
update.
The
19-year-old
is
the
front-runner
to
land
the
role
Zac
Efron
was
once
considered
for,
reports
Contactmusic.
Hudgens
will
play
the
romantic
lead
in
director
Daniel
Barnz's
modern
take
on
the
fairytale,
Beastly.
Beastly
is
based
on
Alex
Finn's
novel
of
the
same
name.
Pettyfer,
who
starred
in
Wild
Child
opposite
Emma
Roberts,
is
all
set
to
play
her
beast.