Alexandra Daddario cast in new "Baywatch" movie
Alexandra Daddario has snagged a role in the upcoming "Baywatch" movie.
The 29-year-old actress will play the female lead alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Zac Efron in the remake of the hit 1990s TV series.
Johnson announced the news on Wednesday, writing on Facebook, "Alex is a one of kind woman (I know from experience) and can't wait for you guys to see her own the role."
He added, "The female roles of #BAYWATCH have become extremely hot properties around Hollywood and as promised, the quality women we'll cast are stepping into these roles to have fun and make them iconic for the world to enjoy. The #BaywatchFamily so far consists of a tatted up bald guy named Rock, the cool, yet extremely unattractive Zac Efron, the talented and gorgeous Alexandra Daddario."
More big announcements will be coming soon, according to Johnson.
Daddario previously starred in HBO's "True Detective" and appeared alongside Johnson in "San Andreas." She'll appear in "The Layover" with Kate Upton and William H. Macy.
Her "Baywatch" character, Summer, was originally played by Nicole Eggert The TV series, which ran from 1989 to 2001, also starred David Hasselhoff (or David Hoff?) as Mitch Buchannon.
Earlier this year he told CBS News, "I look at that as part of my past and part of a glorious past that made me a ton of money and opened up the world. And everybody wants to take it and change it and make fun of it. That's their prerogative. But I'm all into bigger and better things."
