Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Shares First Set Photos As David Hasselhoff’s ‘Baywatch’ Character

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is set to play David Hasselhoff‘s Baywatch character in the upcoming movie based on the popular TV show. Johnson  shared a few sneak peek photos on his Instagram on Wednesday.

Joining Johnson will also be Zac Efron and Ilfenesh Hadera. The characters will also use the same names that become popular from the TV show.

Johnson uploaded a photo with Efron in full character gear and captioned it, “EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: #BAYWATCH Day 1. My character “Mitch Buchannon” just gave @zacefron’s character “Matt Brody” the all important beach speech about what it means to have manly “Alpha balls”. Zac’s ad-libbed responses were brilliant! Talented and great dude. World get ready to have some fun, ’cause the beach will never be the same again. #OnSet #BAYWATCH #Day1 #AlphaBalls #NowWhoNeedsMouthToMouth??”

He also uploaded a photo with Hadera with the caption, “EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: Our 5’11 talented, bad ass smokestack @ilfenator dominating the role of “Stephanie Holden” and some big bald, inked up brown dude giving the gangsta point. #OnSet #Baywatch #BaeWatch ?? couldn’t resist. ???”