Vanessa Hudgens is best known to movie fans for her role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical series, but the 23-year-old actress will soon be seen in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island which also stars Luiz Guzman, Josh Hutcherson and wrestler Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. The star plays a casual action girl called Kailani in the new 3D movie about a teenage boy who joins his mother's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Her 20-year old Switched at Birth boyfriend, Austin Butler joined her in Hawaii last week for a publicity appearance, but was not present when she did aanother recent promotional spot in Mexico City.The movie also stars Michael Caine and Kristin Davis and is released in US cinemas February 10.