“Baywatch”, adaptation on the big screen of the cult series “Malibu alert”, is broadcast on M6. This work did not please the show of the show, Pamela Anderson, despite her little role in the film.
Released in June 2017, Baywatch, adaptation to the cinema of the cult warning series in Malibu, did not obtain the expected success. With a comfortable budget of $ 70 million, the film with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron only reported 177 million green tickets internationally. Result ? The Paramount studio does not launch immediately and the new series project is also abandoned.
Pamela Anderson deny the film
For his part, Pamela Anderson, who came to hello in this cinema version, finally regretted her choice. The one who was the star of the original show denied her participation in the feature film staged by Seth Gordon.
Invited in May 2020 in the show “Watch What Happens Live” by host Andy Cohen on the Bravo channel, the actress did not mince her words: “I did not like the film. That bad television remains bad television. This is what makes its charm. Trying to make films from series, it is simply confusing the very definition of television”she hammered.
I didn’t like the film. That bad television remains bad television. This is what makes its charm.
“$ 65 million can help make a big film. We made our series with only $ 500,000. And we had the same explosions, the same scenes in the water. It was the fun part of this series, knowing how to be creative!”concluded Pamela Anderson.
For the record, the story follows the legendary rescuer Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne Johnson); The latter is forced to associate with a new recruit, Matt Brody (Zac Efron), as ambitious as a burned head! Together, they will try to thwart a criminal plot that threatens the future of the bay …
Pamela, the rebound in the cinema?
Note that Pamela Anderson shone this year in The Last Showgirl, a drama of Gia Coppola in which she plays Shelly, an experienced cabaret dancer. The artist has to face his future when his show in Las Vegas is suddenly interrupted, after 30 years of performance.
Dancer in the fifties, she struggles to find what follow to give to her career. And as a mother, she seeks to repair a tense relationship with her daughter, who has often been relegated to the background compared to her family of artists. We will see Pamela Anderson again in there is a cop to save the world, in theaters on August 13, 2025.