{"id":257613,"date":"2017-05-25T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=257613"},"modified":"2017-05-25T11:14:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T18:14:02","slug":"ryan-lochte-baywatch-topic-of-discussion-on-jimmy-kimmel-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-baywatch-topic-of-discussion-on-jimmy-kimmel-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Lochte, Baywatch Topic of Discussion on Jimmy Kimmel Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

The newest version of Baywatch is set to hit theaters this weekend and celebrity actor\u00a0Zac Efron<\/strong> has been making appearances talking about the movie. His most recent appearance was on the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ show, where he and\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong> discussed the creation of Efron’s character.<\/p>\n

In the movie, Efron plays a disgraced Olympic swimmer with two Olympic gold medals, who is trying to improve upon his image after committing a crime. However, after the incidents during the Rio Olympic Games speculations began to swirl as to where the inspiration for Efron’s character emerged from.<\/p>\n

Kimmel wasted no time asking if the character was based upon\u00a0Ryan Lochte<\/strong> and his actions in Rio, however\u00a0Efron clarified that he and Baywatch’s director, Seth Gordon<\/strong>, created Efron’s character on their own, noting that the movie was in the editing process well before\u00a0the events of Rio happened. While Efron’s character is described as a disgraced Olympian, he explains that his character is meant to be a good guy at heart and someone people root for.<\/p>\n

Watch Efron’s interview with Kimmel:<\/p>\n