Some people have said that casting Zac in the movie is "sexualising" the murderer - despite him being famously handsome and charming
23:12, 29 Jan 2019Updated 23:12, 29 Jan 2019
A survivor of serial killer Ted Bundy has responded to the 'controversial' casting of Zac Efron .
Some people felt that casting the former Disney star as the murderer was "sexualising" Bundy and his crimes, despite the fact that the killer was famously handsome and charming.
But a survivor of the killer has said she approves of Zac's role as Bundy in new movie, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.
Kathy Kleiner Rubin was 20-years-old when Bundy crept into her sorority at Florida State University at 3am and beat her and her roommate with a club.
Some critics had slammed the movie, which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, for over-emphasising Bundy's charm and good looks.
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Zac plays Bundy(Image: Youtube)
Some people have criticised the casting(Image: )
But Kathy explained why she isn't against the casting choice.
She told TMZ : "[I don't have] a problem with people looking at it, and as long as they understand that what they’re watching wasn’t a normal person.
"I believe that in order to show him exactly the way he was, it’s not really glorifying him, but it’s showing him, and when they do say positive and wonderful things about him, that’s what they saw, that’s what Bundy wanted you to see."
However, a mother of one of Bundy's victims isn't happy about the film being made at all.
The real Bundy(Image: Netflix)
He confessed to 30 murders(Image: Getty)
Belva Kent, 82, whose daughter Debra Jean Kent was murdered in 1974 at age 17, told People : "Why keep rubbing our face in it all the time? It’s very hard to deal with and when they keep bringing it up and putting it up.
"It’s very disgusting to me. It’s kind of aggravating to me, but I just try to ignore it and move on."
She also said she believes the movie should show people that nobody is immune to this kind of thing happening to them.
The movie tracks Bundy's life from the perspective of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloeper, who struggled to accept the reality of what he was doing.
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Zac as the killer(Image: )
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is due for release(Image: zacefron/Instagram)
Bundy was convicted of killing and raping several women between at least 1974 and 1978.
He was executed in Florida on January 24, 1989 after confessing to 30 murders.
The real total number of lives he claimed is unknown.
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