Leo DiCaprio Almost Cast on Baywatch But David Hasselhoff Stopped It

Leonardo DiCaprio was supposed to be in Baywatch, but a producer has revealed the bizarre reason he missed out.

The show's creative mastermind Michael Berk says DiCaprio, now an Oscar-winning movie star, was almost asked to play the character of Mitch Buchanan at the age of 15.

Berk told The Hollywood Reporter they changed their mind when the show's star David Hasselhoff expressed concern that DiCaprio would "make him look older".

"We actually had DiCaprio ready to be cast. But David thought he was too old to play his son," Berk said about the part that eventually went to Jeremy Jackson, aged 9 at the time.

"David thought it would make him look older. He had a lot of concerns of that type."

That's not the only cast member Hasselhoff said no to. Berk says he also tried to stop Pamela Anderson from being cast in a role that made her famous.

"David said, 'I don't want a girl that's been in Playboy. He said, 'Children watch this show.'

"She had these enormous breasts and David thought he would be upstaged by everyone looking at her breasts. Which is what happened."

Berk also revealed there was competition between Anderson and one of the show's other stars, Nicole Eggert.

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