Carmen Electra proudly admits it took a year of persistent pleading through her publicist before director Matthew Felker secured her participation in the new docuseries “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun.”
It’s not that Electra, 52, is ashamed of the iconic and unabashedly shallow lifeguard beach ’90s series that made slow-motion beach-running a worldwide TV phenomenon.
She is proud of her journey from Prince music protḗgḗ to 2016 Playboy sensation to sleeping on friends’ couches during a move to Hollywood before a guest-starring stint on “Baywatch Nights.” That led to the career-igniting role of lifeguard Lani McKenzie on 22 “Baywatch” episodes in 1997-98 (while she also hosted MTV’s game show “Singled Out”).
Electra is thankful for globally syndicated “Baywatch,” which led to her meteoric ascent to fame, and even loved “Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding,” the 2003 made-for-TV reunion movie.
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There’s no love-hate relationship with “Baywatch,” which some cast members say they struggled with in “After Baywatch.”
“I just wanted to make sure this documentary was the real deal,” Electra tells USA TODAY of her lengthy trepidation. “And then I just decided, let’s do this!”
Here’s what Electra divulged about life in the “Baywatch” swimsuit and beyond during ABC News Studios’ four-part “After Baywatch” docuseries (now streaming on Hulu).
