Pamela Anderson Has “No Plans” To Reprise ‘Baywatch’ Role

Although Baywatch is heading back to the beach with Fox‘s new reboot, CJ Parker is moving on to greener pastures.

Pamela Anderson recently told Deadline she has “no plans” to return for the latest update of the 1989-2001 series, explaining that she wants “to make really bold choices” in her acting career after her Golden Globe performance in 2024’s The Last Showgirl.

“No one’s reached out to me. I don’t know much about it. I know that they were talking to my sons at some point about producing, but I don’t think they had a meeting of the minds. I’m not sure what happened there, but I wish them well. It was a great job, and I loved going to work every day on the beach. I would have been there anyway. [Laughs] At the time, it taught me a lot, and it gave me worldwide exposure. Everything I’ve done has led me to here, which is a blessing. But I have no plans of going back to Baywatch.

Anderson added, “If my kids were involved, I probably would have listened to them. I think I’ve just got to keep on seeing what else is out there. I get that there’s a lot of really great TV out there right now, but I’ve already done that. Now is my time to really play with different characters. I don’t want to just fill my time until the end of the year. I have options, and some things I’m thinking about, including some theater again. I want to make really bold choices. I want to surprise people. I want to surprise myself. And so I’m trying to do things I haven’t done in the past.”

After playing lifeguard/saxophonist CJ Parker in the parent series from 1992 to 1997, Anderson reprised her role for a cameo in 2017’s Baywatch movie.

Filming is underway on the rebooted Baywatch, which sees the wild child Hobie Buchannon (Stephen Amell) from the original series as a Baywatch captain, following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Mitch (played by David Hasselhoff in the OG series). Hobie’s world is turned upside down when Charlie (Jessica Belkin), the daughter he never knew, shows up on his doorstep, eager to carry on the Buchannon family legacy and become a Baywatch lifeguard alongside her dad.

The series also stars Shay Mitchell as Trina, Hassie Harrison as Nat, Thaddeus LaGrone as Brad, Noah Beck as Luke and Nader as Selene. In a recurring role, Livvy Dunne will make her acting debut as Grace. David Chokachi and Erika Eleniak will reprise their original series roles as Cody Madison and Shauni McClain.

Baywatch is co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Fremantle with Matt Nix (Burn Notice, The Gifted) serving as showrunner and executive producer. McG, Michael Berk, Greg Bonann, Doug Schwartz, Dante Di Loreto and Mike Horowitz are executive producers. McG directed the series premiere.