EXCLUSIVE: New 'Baywatch' Cast Quake Over Being Drowned by Show 'Curse' Which Hit Almost Every Other Actor on Smash Show
As insiders point to scandals, addiction, and career collapses.
Members of the Baywatch reboot cast are said to be stricken with fear they face being pulled under by a “curse” that has struck almost every original cast member of the hit beach show.
Pamela Anderson, now 58, has emerged as one of the most high-profile survivors of the so-called hex TV insiders say has followed the original Baywatch cast for decades – as producers prepare to relaunch the iconic beach drama with a fresh lineup.
Anderson, who rose to global fame as C.J. Parker after joining the show in its third season, went on to become one of television’s highest-paid stars – despite nearly being written out following the fallout from her sex tape scandal with then-husband Tommy Lee.
The original Baywatch series, which defined 1990s pop culture with its slow-motion lifeguard runs and global syndication success, launched the careers of multiple actors including David Hasselhoff, Erika Eleniak, Yasmine Bleeth, Jeremy Jackson, Carmen Electra, and David Charvet.
Now, as a reboot moves forward, attention has turned to the divergent – and often troubled – paths taken and scandals endured by the original stars in the years since the show ended.
A television industry source said: