‘Let’s just keep it as bad TV!’ Baywatch icon Pamela Anderson admits she ‘didn’t like’ the revived film starring Dwayne Johnson
She received international recognition as CJ Parker in the hit action-drama series Baywatch from 1992 to 1997, a role she reprised in 2017.
And Pamela Anderson has now admitted she ‘didn’t like’ the revived film starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron as she appeared in the latest episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
‘I didn’t like it. Let’s just keep the bad TV as bad TV. That’s what’s charming about Baywatch, you know? Trying to make these movies out of television, is just messing with it,’ the Playboy icon, 52, boldly said.
‘Let’s keep it as bad TV: Pamela Anderson has admitted she ‘didn’t like’ the 2017 revived Baywatch film starring Dwayne Johnson
The actres, then took another jab at the movie edition by comparing the budgets of the two versions.
‘$65 million would make a good movie. We made our show for like $500,000,’ Pamela proudly said.
‘You have the same explosions, the same sequences of water, that’s the fun part. Being creative.’
Inspiration: The film saw The Rock take the role as the legendary Mitch Buchannon, while Zac Efron played Matt Brody (pictured in the film)
TV icon: The Playboy legend, 52, received international recognition as CJ Parker in the hit action-drama series Baywatch from 1992 to 1997 (pictured), a role she reprised in 2017
Candid: During the latest episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, the model simply declared: ‘I didn’t like it’
Bold: ‘Let’s just keep the bad TV as bad TV,’ the media personality said when comparing the charm of the old series and the remake
During the after-show segment, the Canadian actress confessed she hasn’t stayed in touch with her former co-stars from the series which featured David Hasselhoff, Carmen Electra, Yasmine Bleeth, Brandon Call and Jeremy Jackson.
Pamela made a cameo in the action-comedy remake that starred Kelly Rohrbach in her old role, as well as Jon Bass, Alexandra Daddario and Priyanka Chopra.
The movie version was panned by critics for the most part but was still successful at the box office, earning $177.9 million on a $69 million budget.
Not long after the remake was released in May 2017, wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne, 48, poked fun at the negative reviews
Not long after the remake was released in May 2017, Dwayne, 48, poked fun at the negative reviews and its low Rotten Tomatoes score, which at the time was sitting at 13% positive and then bumped up to 18%.
‘Yay positive upticks,’ he joked on Twitter.
‘Fans LOVE the movie. Critics HATE it. What a glaring disconnect. People just want to laugh & have fun. #Baywatch.’
Box office bucks: The movie was still successful at the box office, earning $177.9 million on a $69 million budget (L-R: Kelly Rohrbach, Alexandra Daddario, Ilfenesh Hadera, Dwayne, Zac and Jon Bass)