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Vanessa Hudgens is making something very clear: she really wants to move on from the High School Musical franchise.

The young actress, who rose to stardom on the Disney Channel in the innocent role of Gabriella, won't just appear in director Zack Snyder's next movie, Sucker Punch; she might get naked in it!

In a recent article with the U.K.'s Metro, Hudgens said she'll be stripping down for her role as a hooker.

"I'm playing a character named Blondie and it's set in a brothel in the 1950s, so there's not a whole lot of clothes," she said.

It's okay to get excited, guys. Hudgens turns 21 in December.

Zack Snyder, the director behind action movies such as 300 and Watchmen, is already at work on his next project.

Sucker Punch will focus on a group of institutionalized young girls that use fantasy to escape from their horrible, everyday lives. It stars Jamie Chung, Jena Malone and Vanessa Hudgens.

Wait... Vanessa Hudgens? From High School Musical? In a Zack Snyder movie?!?

“She rehearsed, she did the audition for the scene. I wasn’t sure at first – [the casting people] were like ‘Oh, Vanessa’s coming’ and I was ‘Oh, okay - that sounds cool’ but I didn’t know what to think," Snyder told MTV.

“Then I saw the tape and I literally went ‘Wow, she’s good.' She’s really good. Then I talked to her about what she’d have to do.”

The director said that fans of High School Musical will barely even recognize Hudgens in this new role.

“You’re going to see her shooting machine guns, fighting, beating the sh-t out of people,” he said. “It’s funny - we sat her down for her physical evaluation, and she was really athletic. She’s a dancer, so all the choreography is gonna be fun for her.”

From High School Musical 3: Senior Year to New Moon? 

Numerous sources are reporting that Vanessa Hudgens has auditioned for the role of Leah Clearwater in the upcoming sequel to Twilight.

Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the franchise, told reporters on the Golden Globes red carpet last night that Hudgens would "be great," for the role of Leah Clearwater.

The actress added another tidbit on the status of New Moon: "I hear they're doing another rewrite. I'm with you guys - I'm so excited to read it."