As 'Baywatch' reboot news heats up the waters in Los Angeles, David Chokachi reminisced about the good, the bad and the downright uncomfortable times on set of the world's most popular television show. Chokachi, who portrayed lifeguard Cody Madison in 65 episodes of the program, remembered one less-than-perfect day filming at the beach. His character was in an on-screen romance with Pamela Anderson's character, C.J.
David Chokachi remembers Tommy Lee’s jealous rage on set of ‘Baywatch’ In her 2023 documentary, 'Pamela, a love story,' Anderson remembered that Tommy would 'sneak in' to her trailer between filming 'because it was his time with his wife.' While reading an excerpt from her diary, Anderson said she hadn't told Tommy about the kiss, and once he found out, 'he lost it.' 'He came and trashed my trailer on the set. Put his fist through a cabinet.
David Hasselhoff also starred in a spinoff series, 'Baywatch Nights,' which ran from 1995-97, and the pop-cultural phenomemon earned a feature film adaptation in 2017 starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra and Alexandra Daddario.
She's actually becoming a real lifeguard; to have her really going through the program and to have him as one of the main, tough teachers – it's totally freaking nuts. You couldn't even write that stuff.'