Nicole Eggert is spilling some secrets and techniques.
The “Baywatch” alum, who first joined the collection throughout its third season in 1992, opened up about her time on the favored seaside drama throughout an look on Steve Kmetko’s “Still Here Hollywood” podcast on Monday.
She mentioned one of many present’s most iconic scenes, which adopted her operating in sluggish movement down the seaside with a rescue tube in her hand.
The clip performed throughout the credit of each episode Eggert was in, and she or he revealed how that the trademark scene was not initially speculated to be in sluggish movement.
“We were the guinea pigs, the first two seasons of this new look of ‘Baywatch,’” Eggert, now 53, defined. “Nobody mentioned the slow-mo.”
Whereas Eggert was initially filmed “running full speed” down the seaside, it wasn’t till an editor started messing round with the footage that the now-iconic scene was made.
“And let me tell you something, full speed running in slow motion is not cute,” she joked. “Not cute at all.”
Elsewhere throughout her look on the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast Monday, Eggert stated she was initially speculated to star in a “Baywatch” spinoff that was “90210-esque” however “at the beach.”
These plans had been finally scrapped after “Baywatch” exploded in reputation, and the actress was added to the present’s third season as lifeguard Roberta “Summer” Quinn.
Eggert “politely bowed out” after solely two seasons as a result of it was not the collection she initially signed up for, and she or he shortly realized that starring on “Baywatch” was a “mess” that left her completely branded as a “bimbo.”
“I had some crazy idea in my head that if I left the show, I would be able to detach myself from the stigma that the show had given all of us as actors, which is not a thing,” she defined.
“People have an idea of who you are, and that could be a number of things,” Eggert continued. “And I think it’s harder for people to get to know you without this preconceived notion that they have going in.”
She additionally stated that it was “weird” being a part of the largest present on the earth whereas additionally getting “ripped apart in the press” and realizing that “the casting doors were not opening anymore.”
“And then all of a sudden it was like we were called ‘Baywatch bimbos’ and these dumb bimbos on the beach and it’s T & A,” she remembered. “And then on the other hand, you have this number-one hit on your hand, and it’s like what a kerfuffle. What a mess.”
Though Eggert departed “Baywatch” after two seasons in 1994, she later returned in 2003 for the TV film “Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.” Pamela Anderson, 57, additionally reprised her position as Casey Jean Parker for the challenge.
Earlier than “Baywatch,” which ran from 1989 to 2001, Eggert had recurring roles within the police drama “T.J. Hooker” and the sitcom “Who’s the Boss?” She additionally starred in “Charles in Charge.”
She beforehand opened up about her time on the beloved seaside drama, in addition to her surprising battle with Stage 2 breast most cancers, final 12 months.
However Eggert shouldn’t be the one “Baywatch” alum making current headlines.
Her former co-star, David Hasselhoff, sparked concern earlier this month when he was seen being pushed round an airport in a wheelchair following his ex-wife’s tragic suicide.
Hasselhoff, 72, revealed that he was in a wheelchair as a result of he was getting ready to endure knee surgical procedure, and his rep confirmed the upcoming operation with The Publish.
“David is doing fine and actually he and [his] wife were returning from a great vacation in Cancun last week,” his rep stated.
