LATER?
>> YEAH.
DID YOU JUST LOOK AT MY BOOBS?
>> THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION.
I DIDN'T -- UH -- STARE DIRECTLY
AT THEM.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM RIGHT
NOW.
>> NOW I DID BECAUSE YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT THEM.
>> TESTING.
OH, FAILED.
OH MY GOD.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN
SWIMSUITS A LOT SO --
>> YEAH.
>> IF IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM
FOR YOU --
>> THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME
AT ALL.
>> YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
YOU JUST LOOKED AT THEM AGAIN.
>> NO I DIDN'T --
>> YOU DID.
>> I DIDN'T.
>> Jimmy: ZAC EFRON IN
"BAYWATCH" WHICH OPENS IN
THEATERS TOMORROW.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
YOU WERE PROBABLY TOO YOUNG FOR
"BAYWATCH," REALLY.
"BAYWATCH" WAS PRE YOUR KIND OF
ADOLESCENCE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE -- THE ONE
CHANNEL WE GOT ON TV THAT WAS
KIND OF FUZZY.
IT WOULD COME IN LIKE LATE AT
NIGHT, I WOULD SEE PAMELA
ANDERSON RUNNING IN SLO-MO.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> DAVID HASSELHOFF SAVING
SOMEBODY.
>> Jimmy: YOU POSTED THIS TO
INSTAGRAM.
WAS THIS A WELCOME XGIFT FROM
DAVID HASSELHOFF?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT WAS TOTALLY SEPARATE,
THAT WAS A START GIFT LIKE FROM
MY REPRESENTATION.
WHEN YOU SIGN A MOVIE YOU GET A
START GIFT.
>> Jimmy: DID THEY DO THIS AT A
JOKE OR DID DAVID SIGN THIS?
>> DAVID DIDN'T SIGN THAT FOR
ME.
I FOUND OUT THAT DAVID WAS
ACTUALLY COMING TO SET.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> AND I WAS NOT IN, THIS WAS
TOP SECRET, NONE THE CAST KNEW.
SO I JUMPED OUT OF BED.
IT WAS PRETTY EARLY.
I'D JUMPED OUT OF BED, RAN TO
SET.
AND HAD TO MEET DAVID
HASSELHOFF.
AND -- WHEN I DID, THE VERY END,
THE LAST TAKE, I KIND OF --
RIGHT AT THE PERFECT MOMENT, HE
WAS EMERGING FROM THE WATER.
HE HAD JUST LIKE SHOOK HANDS
WITH THE ROCK.
AND HE WAS JUST IN THIS.
THEY SAID "CUT."
AND HE LOOKED OVER.
LIKE RIGHT INTO MY EYES.
SUPER TAN, SUPER HANDSOME.
AND JUST IN ALL HIS DAVID
HASSELHOFF HANDSOME GLORY LIKE
STOOD THERE AND WAS LIKE, "ZAC,
HOW ARE YOU?"
IT WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST
MOMENTS OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I LITERALLY WAS LIKE, YOU ARE
THE EPITOME OF COOL.
LIKE HE WAS TAN, HE HAD CHEST
HAIR, HE WAS STILL BUFF.
LIKE I WAS JUST -- I'LL NEVER
FORGET THAT MOMENT.
LIKE MEETING A HERO.
IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> Jimmy: YOU PLAY A CHARACTER,
AS I MENTIONED, WHO'S LIKE KIND
OF A DISGRACED OLYMPIAN.
A SWIMMER.
IS THIS -- DOES RYAN LOCHTE KNOW
YOU'RE MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT HIS
LIFE?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OKAY, SO -- ACTUALLY, I WANT
TO CLARIFY THIS.
>> Jimmy: OKAY.
>> WE CAME UP WITH THIS
CHARACTER, THE DIRECTOR AND I
BOTH SAT DOWN, AND WE CAME UP
WITH THIS CHARACTER ENTIRELY ON
OUR OWN.
>> Jimmy: SO HE STOLE THIS FROM
YOU?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AS THE OLYMPICS UNFOLDED WE
WERE GOING, WHAT THE HECK IS
GOING ON RIGHT NOW?
>> Jimmy: REALLY?
>> THIS IS INSANE.
THEY WERE IT DID ITTING -- I
FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ALREADY A
CUT OF THE FILM BEFORE ANY OF
THIS EVER HAPPENED.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S REALLY WEIRD.
>> SO ALL OF THIS WAS -- THERE
ARE VERSIONS OF THE SCRIPT, BUT
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SORT OF
LIKE A -- KIND OF A DEADBEAT COP
THAT LEFT KIDS, LEFT HIS FAMILY,
SHOOTING "BAYWATCH."
IT WAS LIKE, NO, I WANT TO BE
THE EARLY JUSTIN BIEBER OF
SWIMMING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU KNOW?
LIKE WHO'S THAT COCKY DUDE,
MESSES UP AND -- BUT STILL HAS A
GOOD HEART.
>> Jimmy: AND LUNGS.
>> AND WHO YOU ROOT FOR.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT --
>> Jimmy: THEN RYAN LOCHTE.
>> USED IT.
>> Jimmy: DID THE WHOLE THING,
YEAH.
DO YOU KNOW HIM?
HAVE YOU EVER MET RYAN LOCHTE?
>> I SHOOK HIS HAND BEFORE.
AND THAT'S -- YEAH, WE SAID HI
VERY BRIEFLY.
>> Jimmy: YEAH, OKAY.
>> WE'VE MET.
WE'VE MET.
IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, WAY
BEFORE ANY OF THIS.
>> Jimmy: JUST FOR THE RECORD,
THIS IS NOT BASED ON RYAN
LOCHTE.
>> NO.
>> Jimmy: IT'S A COMPLETE
COINCIDENCE THAT YOUR
CHARACTER'S DISASTROUS LIFE
MATCHES UP WITH HIS ACTUAL
DISASTROUS LIFE.
>> 100%.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE