1000’s audition for Fox’s ‘Baywatch’ reboot collection

Over 2,000 pink swimsuit-clad hopefuls descended upon Marina del Rey’s Moms Seaside on Wednesday, all with one singular objective: to turn into a celebrity TV lifeguard.

“Baywatch” is again, and a superb old school open casting name was arrange with the intention of discovering the following Hollywood seaside magnificence. 

Among the many day’s hopefuls was BridgeAnne d’Avignon, against the law prevention specialist for the Monterey County Sheriff’s workplace who drove 5 hours to LA for her shot on the highlight. “Having the ability to be part of that cultural second and convey it to the brand new era is unbelievable,” she advised Web page Six Hollywood.

“Everybody is aware of ‘Baywatch’ for that iconic little pink swimsuit, nevertheless it’s a lot greater than that, as a result of it’s the narrative of the story that has resonated with folks via many, a few years.”

Working with the sheriff’s workplace, d’Avignon has in depth expertise working with first responders on daily basis – one thing she hopes will assist her stand out from the gang. “We will characterize the lifeguards and all these first responders who work so exhausting to ensure individuals are secure.”

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The casting crew is operating 20 audition rooms concurrently to get via the excessive quantity of expertise, asking actors to carry out a scene written particularly for the day by showrunner Matt Nix. Gradual-motion operating isn’t a part of the audition course of, though many actors had been noticed filming their very own TikToks on the seaside.

LA-based actor Shelby Armstrong says the “Baywatch” casting name was a uncommon alternative to get facetime with casting administrators in an period of self-tapes – and she or he’s obtained nothing to lose by displaying up. “Why not? What the hell! Would possibly as properly simply come see what’s taking place,” she says. “‘Baywatch’ is an iconic present, and what else do I’ve to do on a Wednesday?”

“It’s a nod to the best way it was once achieved, and this IP lends itself to that: we’re reinventing and bringing again this iconic present,” Fox’s Senior VP of Expertise & Casting Brittainy Roberts advised Web page Six Hollywood.

“Our enterprise has actually struggled since Covid and strikes and fires, and we’re so excited to be taking pictures in LA. Opening it as much as folks locally of expertise that’s right here, but additionally anybody else from across the nation that desires to return and be part of this main occasion, it was simply the right present to do it on.”

The unique David Hasselhoff-led “Baywatch” first hit screens in 1989, changing into the most-watched present on this planet and launching the careers of Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Jason Momoa and extra. 

The reboot collection, which is about to premiere throughout Fox’s 2026-27 season, goals to ship the high-octane rescues, sophisticated relationships and beachside heroics that outlined the unique, with a recent slant. “Baywatch” will start taking pictures this March on Venice Seaside and on the Fox Studio Lot in Century Metropolis – which implies that any actors chosen from Wednesday’s auditions may very well be whisked into manufacturing in a matter of weeks, enjoying any function from a number one lifeguard to a drowning beachgoer.

“That is the dream that so many individuals have: being found, whether or not it’s in a mall by any individual or strolling down the sidewalk,” Roberts says. “Someone will get plucked out of obscurity, and put into this, this superb, iconic present, and hopefully would be the subsequent Fox TV star.”

So what precisely are casting administrators in search of on this busy day? “It’s virtually unquantifiable. It’s exhausting to clarify, nevertheless it’s a watchability. It’s one thing that makes you wish to watch that individual: dare I say, a star high quality to them,” Roberts says.