"Baywatch" Exclusive Official Trailer (2016) - Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron | TODAY
The sun has risen again on Baywatch.
The television series, which ran first on NBC in 1989 and then in syndication from 1991 to 2001, is returning next summer as a full-length feature film. A trailer for the film dropped today.
Dwayne The Rock Johnson will play lifeguard captain Mitch Buchannon, a role originated by David Hasselhoff.
Zac Efron portrays Olympic-swimmer-turned-bad-boy Matt Brody (an amalgamation of David Charvet and David Chokachis characters), while Kelly Rohrbach will splash down as C.J. Parker (famously played by Pamela Anderson).
The Baywatch TV series resurrected the career of 80s action star Hasselhoff, and made Anderson an international s*x symbol.
After moving to syndication, Baywatch was touted as the most popular show in the world with a reported audience of 1 billion viewers.
The shows popularity spawned Baywatch Nights a beach-based crime show featuring Hasselhoff, and Baywatch Hawaii, where a young Jason Momoa played an aspiring lifeguard.
A few Baywatch stars have found fame after the show they are often cast on celebrity reality shows and some, like Momoa, have reached superstardom.
To see what they looked liked during the show and look like now, click here or on the baywatch stars: then and now gallery below.
Source: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/baywatch-cast-photos-then-now-david-hasselhoff-pamela-anderson-1201937495/
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