The place the Stars of The Luck of the Irish Are Now

A pot of gold awaits you on the finish of this anniversary. 

The Luck of the Irish, the traditional Disney Channel Unique Film—a.okay.a. DCOM—is popping 25 March 9, appropriately simply forward of St. Patrick’s Day. 

The 2001 film starred frequent DCOM actor Ryan Merriman as Kyle O’Reilly Johnson, a highschool basketball participant unaware of his Irish heritage—or the accompanying magical curse. Kyle should recuperate his household’s fortunate gold from the evil leprechaun Seamus McTiernen (Timothy Omundson) earlier than he and his household are all rework into leprechauns.

And whereas the movie has a decidedly Irish slant, Merriman couldn’t assist however see the similarities between his character and one other well-known basketball-playing Disney Channel star.

“I’m the OG Troy Bolton,” Merriman informed E! Information, calling out Zac Efron’s Excessive Faculty Musical character. “There, I stated it. There are simply too many similarities between The Luck of the Irish and Excessive Faculty Musical.”