Baywatch Star Returns for Reboot After 34 Years!

The upcoming Baywatch reboot is now that one of the original show's cast members has signed on.

It was announced on Friday that Erika Eleniak would be back on the Fox reboot as her original character, Shauni McClain. 

The 56-year-old actress will return to play Shauni in a guest role, according to Deadline. 

Eleniak was of the original Baywatch, but she departed the show early in its third season. 

She'll be joined on the rebooted version by newcomers, including the model-turned-reality star-turned-actress and the influencer and former gymnast Livvy Dunne. 

The announcement that the Baywatch reboot would feature multiple non-professional actors sent fans into a frenzy as they . 

In her upcoming storyline, Shauni — who's now a city councilwoman in seaside Santa Monica — will be dropping by the series to help Hobie Buchannon put on the first-annual Beach Games, which will feature the Baywatch lifeguards squaring off with members of the Coast Guard in a series of competitions.

In a strange twist, Hobie, who was the son of David Hasselhoff's character Mitch Buchannon, is returning as a regular of the new version of the show, but he has been recast, with Arrow's Stephen Amell taking up the role.

The part was previously played in Baywatch's first season by Brandon Call, though Jeremy Jackson is most identified with the role after taking it over for the remainder of the series.