Even Stephen Amell Had to Run After ‘Baywatch’ Lead Role (But Not in Slow Motion)

Stephen Amell can easily understand why more than 2,000 actors packed the lobby, ballroom and halls inside the Marina del Rey Marriott on Tuesday hoping to land a part on the Baywatch reboot for Fox and Fremantle. He had to chase down a role, too.

It was just a week ago that Amell’s casting was revealed, and it will be a quick sprint to a March production start in Venice Beach and on the Fox lot in Century City. With showrunner Matt Nix at the helm and McG on board to executive produce and direct the first episode, the series will find Amell starring as Hobie Buchannon, the son of David Hasselhoff’s Mitch Buchannon from the original. Hobie’s world is turned upside down when Charlie, the daughter he never knew, shows up on his doorstep. She’s eager to carry on the Buchannon family legacy and become a Baywatch lifeguard alongside her dad.