After reserving the lead function on Fox’s Baywatch reboot, Stephen Amell broke his silence about doable cameos from OGs Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff.
“After all we might (have them),” Amell, 44, completely instructed Us Weekly on the Baywatch pink carpet on Wednesday, February 18, after potential actors auditioned for roles at an open casting name on the seashore in Marina Del Rey, California.
Amell defined why he needed to stay tight-lippedsaying, “I particularly instructed them to not inform me. I’ve realized that over time as a result of I’ll have a number of issues flooding the zone that’s my mind.”
He continued: “So with the intention to not be utterly and completely overwhelmed, I simply permit myself to be stunned with the script.”
The pink bathing fits, tan our bodies and slow-motion operating makes Baywatch inconceivable to neglect — even many years after it initially aired. Baywatch adopted lifeguards on a California (and later, Hawaii) seashore as they saved harmless individuals from drowning, sharks and the occasional serial killer. The drama first premiered on NBC in 1989 and ran for (…)
Baywatch, which ran from 1989 to 2001centered across the lives of lifeguards who labored on California (and Hawaii) seashores whereas coping with a wide range of conditions together with earthquakes, shark assaults and serial killers.
The sequence had dozens of forged shakeups over time however the present’s most memorable forged members embody Anderson, Hasselhoff, Nicole Eggert, Carmen Electra, Billy Warlock, Alexandra Paul, David Chokachi, Jeremy Jackson, Traci Bingham and Erika Eleniak.
Fox introduced in September 2025 that a “reimagined” model of the enduring sequence is coming to the community. Whereas Baywatch followers look forward to doable cameos from previous forged members, it has been confirmed that Chokachi is ready to make an look.
Amell, in the meantime, was forged earlier this month as Hobie Buchannon, who’s the son of unique sequence lead Mitch — performed by Hasselhoff.
Within the official character description, Hobie has been described as a person “taken without warning when the daughter he by no means knew comes knocking on his door, sending his world into upheaval as she goals to search out her place within the Buchannon household legacy and turn out to be a lifeguard.”
“We haven’t filmed something but so I’m not fully certain (what’s to return),” Amell instructed Us. “This was a challenge that was in improvement for a very long time and it actually bought off the bottom when (creator) Matt Nix got here aboard along with his thought for the primary season.”
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Amell teased “a number of the acquainted tropes that you just come to anticipate with Baywatch,” including, “However the starting of our story is de facto specializing in a household story.”
After reserving his function on the present, Amell revealed what he’s most excited for, writing through Instagram, “I’m absolutely conscious that Baywatch is iconic — and at its coronary heart, it’s leisure. It’s huge, enjoyable, and unapologetically bigger than life. However filming it right here in Los Angeles provides a deeper layer of that means. These seashores aren’t only a backdrop; they characterize a metropolis that has endured a lot and continues to face tall. If this new chapter can carry individuals pleasure whereas quietly honoring the primary responders, the households rebuilding, and everybody who has carried this metropolis ahead, then that’s one thing I’m extremely proud to be a part of.”
Amell elaborated throughout his dialog with Us in Marina Del Rey.
“I’ve lived in California for 16 years and I say on a regular basis that we don’t spend sufficient time on the seashore,” he famous. “I’m excited to only proceed our California journey.”