The “Baywatch” movie has found its Summer

There is likely nobody in Hollywood busier than Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson these days. With a successful HBO series and more movies in development than anybody, it is difficult to see how the man has time to get them all done. One of his more eclectic projects is his plan to bring “Baywatch” to the big screen. It's already been announced that Rock and Zac Efron would be co-starring in the film together, but to be honest, David Hasselhoff had little to do with the success of the original TV series. The series became a global phenomenon because girls in swimsuits require no translation. And the first of the film's female lifeguards was just announced by The Rock himself. 

In an Instagram post, Johnson named Alexandra Daddario as the first woman in the film, to be playing the role of Summer Quinn – originally portrayed by Nicole Eggert between 1992 and 1996. 

The casting of Alexandra Daddario appears to be a case of Rock keeping things 'all in the family', as her last major screen role was as his daughter in this past summer's “San Andreas”. She also played Annabeth in the two Percy Jackson fantasy films. The gorgeous young actress also took to Twitter to acknowledge the announcement, saying: “Thank you! Extremely excited. Been practicing my slow-mo run all morning.”

Summer is actually the first named role that has been announced, and knowing that both the Summer and CJ Parker (the role that made Pamela Anderson a household name in the 90s) roles are based on characters from the series, it says something about the film previously unknown: it now certainly appears that all the characters will be based on their television counterparts. This makes it likely that The Rock will be playing the role of Mitch Buchanan, as made famous by David Hasselhoff, the only actor to be in the entire series. Who Zac Efron will play is anyone's guess. 

Source: Cinemablend