Hold On To Your Life Jacket! Zac Efron's 'Baywatch' Character is Based on Ryan Lochte

Zac Efron's upcoming gig on the Baywatch movie reboot just got a little more interesting.

His role is reportedly based upon Ryan Lochte's now infamous story; Efron will play Matt Brody, an Olympic swimmer who commits a petty crime and lies about it. Brody takes a lifeguarding job in an effort to find redemption in the public eye, as opposed to Lochte's Dancing With the Stars idea. The news, reported by The Wrap, comes from an anonymous source.

Joining Efron in the cast is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Mitch Buchannon, facing off against Matt Brody in the R-rated film. Alex Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jon Bass, and Priyanka Chopra round out the cast.

While no trailer is available yet, here's some Instagrams the stars have posted about the upcoming eye-candy, er, film:

*think cool thoughts* run cool- hit em with that COOL #Baywatch run... *cool thoughts* Yeah, thats it- Run coooool *cool thoughts* Oh yeah, Feelin it *think coo- AGH WTF- #notcool
A photo posted by Zac Efron (@zacefron) on Apr 26, 2016 at 6:39am PDT

On MAY 19th, 2017 you will witness these amazing women @kellyrohrbach @alexannadaddario @priyankachopra @ilfenator save lives, @thejonbass steal the show, @zacefron's ripped 28 pack abs and some big, brown, bald tattooed guy just kinda standing around. #Happy4thOfJULY #BaywatchFamily
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