Stephen Amell Says Putting on the ‘Baywatch’ Red Trunks Felt ‘So Familiar’ Because ‘It’s a Superhero Show’

Stephen Amell, star of the upcoming “Baywatch” reboot, first came to public attention as Oliver Queen in DC superhero series “Arrow.” But the actor says his new role isn’t so different.

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“Once I got on it and I put on the red trunks, I realized, like, why does this feel so familiar?” Amell said of working on “Baywatch.” “It’s because it’s a superhero show. That’s what it feels like to me, and that makes my job easy.”

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While spending the working day on the beach might seem like a dream job, Amell went on to explain the reality was somewhat different. “I thought that when I was doing ‘Arrow,’ that shooting from 7 o’clock at night until 7 o’clock in the morning on a rooftop or in a damp building somewhere in Vancouver was going to be the toughest thing that I ever did,” the actor revealed during a panel at Mipcom in Cannes, France. “But man, sunrise to sunset on the beach in Venice, you go through all of the emotions. At some point you’re hot. At some point you’re cold. At some point you’re probably itchy. It was a lot.”

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He added: “But man, getting to shoot, especially…

Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/

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