Talk:Baywatch (film)

Can we put a lock on this for registered users please?
Non-users are obsessed with putting Priyanka Chopra at the top of the cast list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaybling (talk • contribs) 16:56, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Clean Up Tag
I placed a clean up tag on this article, because the production section is a mess. The cast announcements are all over the place intertwined with various other news about whose writing it, whose producing it etc. many of these dealings are probably not relevant to 99% of Wikipedia readers and are probably just filmcruft. The cherry on top though is that the film has been in development hell, and the various amount of writers and producers coming and going are part of here. So I need help balancing everything out. --Deathawk (talk) 11:07, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

supporting cast
Per closing credits, these were not in the title card
 * Clem Cheung as Murray Chen
 * Belinda as Carmen
 * Charlotte McKinney as Julia
 * Izabel Goulart as Amber
 * Arian Foster as Himself
 * Vernon Davis as Himself
 * Eros Exarhou as Frosty
 * Maxie G. Rosales as Pier Teenage Girl
 * Karin Silvestri-Coye as Pier Mom
 * Vincenzo Hinckley as Pete
 * Brandon Larracuente and Kelvin Witherspoon as Skateboarders
 * Welder Santos at Huntley Club Member
 * David Weiss as Cell Phone Customer
 * Damien LeRoy as Kite Surfer
 * Pedro Anaya Perez as Huntley Waiter
 * Louis John Ruth as Pier Boy
 * Brenda Lowe as Surfer
 * Jackson Geach as Billy
 * Brandon Lee as Scull Rower
 * James A. Sutton as Huntley Security Guard
 * Juliette Mathis as High Chair Baby Girl
 * Samantha Harris as Interviewer
 * Seth Gordon as Helicopter Pilot

These are not notable for the article, unless it can be written into a paragraph following in the Cast section for cameos such as for Arian Foster and Vernon Davis. AngusWOOF ( bark  •  sniff ) 19:32, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Guidelines for the starring parameter
A few weeks ago, an anonymous editor removed David Hasselhoff from the starring parameter of this article's infobox, with the reason given being "Hardly". Presumably, this editor assumed that Hasselhoff did not have a significant enough role in the film to be deemed "starring". However, how prominent Hasselhoff's role may be is irrelevant to whether he should be in the starring parameter. Per Template:Infobox film, the guidelines for this parameter are clear:

"Insert the names of the actors as they are listed in the billing block of the poster for the film's original theatrical release. If unavailable, use the top-billed actors from the screen credits. Other additions by consensus. Use the Plainlist template for multiple entries, and link each actor to their article if possible. Don't add additional text (such as "with" or "featuring") or punctuation to the list."

I have found one poster online with the billing block fully visible at: http://www.impawards.com/2017/baywatch_ver15_xlg.html. The names on the billing block at the bottom (the names at the top do not apply to this guideline) are Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, and David Hasselhoff. Per guidelines, Hasselhoff must be included. Bluerules (talk) 17:24, 8 January 2020 (UTC)


 * What happened to all the notes about the billing block back in 2018? I'm reinstating those. AngusWOOF  ( bark  •  sniff ) 17:53, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I can't speak for their removal because I didn't take them out, but it is against the guidelines to include Priyanka Chopra if she is not in the billing block. Notes usually aren't included for the billing block because it's clear cut whether an individual appears in it. Bluerules (talk) 20:24, 8 January 2020 (UTC)


 * , that's fine, we can remove her name until there are images provided that show her name in the billing block portion of the poster. AngusWOOF  ( bark  •  sniff ) 20:59, 8 January 2020 (UTC)


 * We can add her so long as she's in the billing block of the poster, provided that it's a poster, per guidelines, "for the film's original theatrical release". For example, the home media releases of Cape Fear have Juliette Lewis in the billing block, but she's not in the starring parameter of the article because she's not in the billing block of the original theatrical release poster. If Chopra is in the billing block of a poster and that poster was used for the original theatrical release, then I agree that we will add her. Bluerules (talk) 22:00, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

The poster actually used in this article lists only two names Johnson and Effron above the title It has a billing block (the small print at the very bottom of the poster) but no cast are listed in that billing block. It seems bizarre list cast based on the billing block of an entirely different poster (comments in the wikisource say ).

Template:Infobox_film says "If unavailable, use the top-billed actors from the screen credits. Other additions by consensus." -- 109.76.214.107 (talk) 00:16, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The article's poster isn't a good representation of the billing block because that billing block has very little information. It's missing everyone outside of the director and writers. Presumably, the billing block wasn't completed at the time of the poster. When it was, the cast's billing block actors were added. Bluerules (talk) 21:00, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Plot accuracy verification
I edited the last few sentences of the sixth paragraph (starts with the beach grifters) to fix their grammar. Could someone check if my edits describe the plot correctly?

Here is the link to my edit: AkiraRorschach (talk) 01:54, 9 June 2022 (UTC)