It's the beach running wipe-out seen around the world.
Zac Efron was cruising along the beach last week for the money shot of Baywatch, the movie. He was looking beautifully ripped alongside his bathing suit-clad co-stars, including Dwayne Johnson, Alexandra Daddario and Kelly Rohrbach.
Then Efron took a masterful stumble on the beach, captured by cameras.
"I just totally tripped," Efron told USA TODAY with a smile about the mishap. "And it was the most important shot, literally the most important shot of Baywatch."
Well let's keep in mind, it is meant to be a raunchy comedy. So the fall seemed to fit right in. But Efron insisted the wipe-out was definitely not in the script.
"I fell," Efron said Saturday during a press stop for his comedy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. Efron flew to Los Angeles from the Baywatch set and added that his co-stars got a laugh from the spill. "They liked it."
Running at a sprint and falling can be dangerous. But Efron reacted well in the moment.
"I went into a dive-roll, it was cool," he said.
The fall has become a social media sensation and Efron has had fun with it as well, posting pictures on his Twitter account.
*think cool thoughts*
— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) April 26, 2016
run cool- hit em w/ that COOL #Baywatch run...
Oh yeah, Feelin it
*think coo- AGH WTF #notcool pic.twitter.com/XrbvPhCoGC
One Tweet featured Efron's inner monologue: "Think cool thoughts* run cool- hit em w/ that COOL #Baywatch run... Oh yeah, Feelin it *think coo- AGH WTF #notcool."
these are hilarious- keep em coming https://t.co/ShBQpG1obu
— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) April 28, 2016
There's even talk of an action franchise around the fall, which Efron seems into making.
Really crackin me up! And @reddit 👍👌 pic.twitter.com/NA2KuOcMbd
— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) April 28, 2016
Zak Efron through the years
