Will Friedle

And now, 30 years later, he's returning to the lifeguard tower for a Baywatch revival.

And the cast is shaping up to be, I know this will come as very surprising, very good looking.

And of all the announcements about the show, the most exciting to us, this week's guest will be back to reprise his character.

Now older, wiser and bar owning, giving out advice to the new recruits and teaching them how to run down a beach in slow motion.

And when he's not saving lives on TV, he's doing it for dogs in real life as part of Wings of Rescue, a nonprofit organization that flies at-risk pets from overcrowded shelters and disaster areas to safe havens and new homes, preventing euthanasia and encouraging the incredible act of animal adoption.

A great addition to our group of unescapable long-term TV characters, if you ask me.

So welcome to Pod Meets World, a Baywatch icon on the verge of doing it all over again.

It's David Chokachi.

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to hang out with us.

While researching, we realized that Baywatch was your very first Hollywood job.

Are you aware that that's not how it's supposed to happen?

I've gathered, yeah.

Do you remember your audition for Baywatch?

Yeah.

You're reminded, like, yeah, that's why I do this.

There's a payoff for being dedicated to my craft.

I think I had like $200 in my savings account, and my mom goes, what are you going to do?

And I was like, I'll figure it out.

We had a one-bedroom apartment for like $400 a month, and we all could not afford it.

I was like, how am I going to make $100 a month?