Zac Efron kissed The Rock and 'it was fantastic'

The pair both star in the movie, which is based on the 1990s television series about lifeguards.

In one scene, Efron’s character Matthew Brody thinks he’s kissing Summer Quinn – played by Alexandra Daddario – but it’s really the Fast And Furious actor he’s getting intimate with.

“One off the bucket list. Unforgettable. What a dreamboat. Honestly fantastic, just fantastic,” Efron said.

“How many guys can say they’ve kissed The Rock? I’m gonna wear that as a badge of honour.”

Daddario – who worked with Johnson for the second time on this film – said: “He’s one of these people, I think he’s exactly how he portrays himself to be to the public, where he’s very hardworking, he’s very determined, he’s very kind, and he lifts the people up around him.

“He’s always promoting and speaking kindly of the people around him and it’s nice to have someone that supportive who also has a good sense of humour about himself on set.”

While the film is based on the primetime TV show, it’s also a comedy, with plenty of risque jokes and bad language that earned it a 15 rating in the UK.

Efron says they had a good time making it.

“We wanted to poke fun at what made the old Baywatch so glorious and like that fishbowl that they live in, that glamorous California dream, things that might seem silly now, we kind of flip them, turn them on their ear and bring them back in style. It’s just fun, all day,” he said.

Daddario says there were some serious moments on set too.

“Any time you have to do stunt work you have to take that very seriously because you want to keep everybody safe,” she said.

“So anything where there’s swimming or driving a motorcycle off of a beach pier for example, or diving, you have to take those moments very seriously and we had a great stunt team that kept us safe.”

Original Baywatch cast members David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson make cameo appearances, and Efron says it was great to meet Anderson.

“She was so sweet once you got to talk to her,” Efron said.

And Daddario agreed: “She was, there’s no one else like her, she’s amazing.”

Baywatch is out in cinemas in the UK now.