It’s almost time to run in slow-motion on the beach with a red swimsuit once again, as the Baywatch reboot is slowly but surely getting off the ground. The new series, coming to Fox, recently cast Arrow star Stephen Amell in the lead role as Captain Hobie Buchannan, the son of David Hasselhoff’s Mitch Buchannan. Casting continues on the reboot, and after it was announced an OG would be returning, I’m in my feels over their heartfelt response.
It was recently revealed that David Chokachi, who played Cody Madison from Season 6 to Season 9, would be returning for the reboot. He is the first original cast member to sign on for the new series, even after Carmen Electra expressed her interest in it. Not surprisingly, Chokachi took to his Instagram Stories to share a message about how honored and excited he was about stepping back into the role almost 27 years later:
