As Brooks Nader prepares to make her TV acting debut in Fox’s Baywatch reboot, she recently addressed criticism of her casting.
The influencer and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covergirl said she’s “excited to show people what I can do,” despite backlash around the apparent stunt casting of someone with less of an acting background than her co-stars.
“I think that the times are different and everyone is so multi-hyphenate now, and you can be both an actor and an influencer and have influence,” explained Nader to the Daily Mail. “And that’s the beauty of the culture that social media has created.”
Noting how the media landscape has changed since the original show’s 1989-’99 run, she continued, “We now have platforms. I think, during the 90s, you didn’t have social media, you didn’t have Instagram or TikTok, and so people could use their voice now, and I
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