Biography

Was offered a role on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005), but when the script called for him to kiss co-star Ashley Tisdale, the role went to another actor, Zac Efron, due to the brother- sister dynamic established in High School Musical (2006). Zac is also in High School Musical and plays Ashley's crush.

Lucas played drums for a local church and initiated a men's a cappella singing group at Kickapoo High school.

Worked at Blockbuster Video in Sherman Oaks, CA when he landed the role of "Ryan Evans" in High School Musical (2006).

At one point in early 2006, Lucas had three songs on the top ten iTunes downloads. At that time, six of the top ten were from the soundtrack to High School Musical.

Memorized the entire "Get'Cha Head in the Game" dance, even though his character in High School Musical (2006) wasn't involved in the sequence.

It's nice to know you're working on something that will mean something to kids.

I still feel like a little boy on the set, watching the movie magic being made.

I can't live without creating so being an artist is never going to be out of the question for me. If not in acting, some other art form.

Success is the most important thing to many. To me, it's just a bonus.

I dislike math, yet I respect and appreciate the fact that math is the language of the universe.