Sparacino says that Efron was willing to forego the wig and bleach his real hair, so she called in a favor to a friend in Miami, who was willing to open up her salon after hours to color Efron's hair. It took about six hours — Sparacino says that since Efron's hair is so naturally dark, it took at least two or three processes to lighten it — but, at the end of the night, the blondish-orange transformation was complete.