For Hudgens, saying goodbye to the High School Musical films was harder than she expected. Not only was she leaving behind a job that she loved, but she also was moving on from the only high school experience she had ever known. "The last day [of filming] was just too many tears,'' Vanessa admitted. "We actually couldn't get back to filming because Kenny made this announcement, and the hair and makeup [people] were saying: we can't get makeup on them because they won't stop crying.''
Vanessa Hudgens isn't quite done playing a high school student just yet. Up next for Vanessa is the 2009 film Bandslam, in which she plays a popular student who teams up with a social outcast to form a band and compete in a school competition.