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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Zac Efron star in the film, out
in U.S. movie theaters on Thursday, which also features Kelly
Rohrbach in the role made famous on television by the red-swimsuited
Pamela Anderson, who was often filmed running along the beach in
slow motion.
"The playing field is definitely leveled in this movie. There's
more shirtless men than women, so you got that to look forward
to," Rohrbach said.
Anderson also makes a short cameo as herself but much of the
focus of the new movie is on Johnson and former "High School
Musical" star Efron, who plays a disgraced Olympic swimmer.
Efron said the film is a fun take on the California dream
lifestyle and "pokes fun at the stuff that is maybe a little bit
out of date."
One element that remains the same is that the entire cast had to
don red bathing suits.
Although Johnson spent a good portion of his career as a
wrestler wearing Speedos, he admitted that with crowds and
paparazzi both watching during the film shoots, he felt
self-conscious of his body.
"You're sucking everything in - it's exhausting! - and you're
trying to walk cool and everyone is in bathing suits," he said.
"You become self-aware of your walk, when you're on the beach
and what you're showing and especially when you're running,
what's bouncing, what's jiggling."
(Reporting by Reuter Television; Editing by Richard Chang)
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