A remarkable news about Baywatch-babe Donna D’Errico. It turns out she can’t swim at all. The actress herself confessed this in an interview with Fox News.“I only had to pass a swimming test, the actress tells Fox News about her audition for the popular series.All nice and nice, but I couldn’t swim at all. I was – kiddingly – terrified of water. I didn’t even dare to put my feet in the water“.
A little white lie
D’Errico had to sell a white lie to the swimming coach of the Baywatch-production. “When he asked me if I could swim, I just lied. I only needed to know some basic skills by the way, nothing technical or anything“.
“You become part of the most watched series in the world, continues the 53-year-old star.I couldn’t let that opportunity pass me by“.
Got caught
“Then when we had to warm up in the pool early in the morning, I would hold on to the edge like a terrified child. The coach urged me to swim a few laps, but I couldn’t let go of the edge or I’d drown“.
Finally, the trainer figured out what was going on. “He urged me to get out of the pool, because by now he also realized that I couldn’t swim at allshe says.
D’Errico was immediately concerned about her job. “He was surprised when I asked him if he would tell the producers about this. He was indeed going to do that. After all, the series was about lifeguards“.
Train, train, train
After that, the actress completely devoted herself to taking swimming lessons. “I trained five days a week and those workouts started at five in the morning“.
A few weeks later she had to swim again, but unfortunately she didn’t pass that test either. She took more classes and then barely passed her test. And who cares, because eventually D’Errico would be seen in the series between 1996 and 1998.
“To this day I can’t swim yet. I’m just afraid of waterD’Errico said.
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