Alexandra Daddario Lands 'Baywatch' Female Lead Opposite Zac Efron!

Alexandra Daddario has landed the female lead in the upcoming Baywatch movie opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Zac Efron.

The 29-year-old actress will be reuniting with The Rock, as the two starred in San Andreas together earlier this year! Alexandra will be playing Zac‘s love interest.

Alexandra was on the short list for the role and beat out other actresses including Ashley Benson, Nina Dobrev, Alexandra Shipp, and more.

The Rock announced the role on his Instagram: “IT’S OFFICIAL: Want to welcome the talented and gorgeous @alexannadaddario to the cast of #BAYWATCH for the role of “Summer”. Alex is a one of kind woman (I know from experience) and can’t wait for you guys to see her own the role. The female roles of #BAYWATCH have become extremely hot properties around Hollywood and as promised, the quality women we’ll cast are stepping into these roles to have fun and make them iconic for the world to enjoy. The #BaywatchFamily so far consists of a tatted up bald guy named Rock, the cool, yet extremely unattractive Zac Efron, the talented and gorgeous Alexandra Daddario…and some big casting announcements coming soon. And juuuuust wait til you guys see who we cast for the iconic role of “CJ Parker”….”