An Interview with David Hasselhoff
Baywatch legend David Hasselhoffβs new spoof series, βHoff the Recordβ, plays on the surreal nature of his everyday life. We spoke to the star about stepping into the world of semi-improvised comedyβ¦
So whatβs Hoff the Record all about?
We try to turn my life into a comedy because nobody would believe whatβs really going on! Hoff the Record kind of plays with your emotions of whether this truly is David Hasselhoffβs life or not β a lot of it really is true and we just magnified it and had a lot of fun.
Who did you enjoy pranking on set?
Well I wind up my girlfriend all the time, itβs really quite easy to do. I have been known to wind up my assistant too β one day of filming for example, the phone rang right in the middle of a scene and it was my assistant. I was doing a scene with Dieter, my illegitimate German son on the show, so I said, βthereβs a German in my room, heβs saying heβs my son!β The assistant was saying, βGet him out of there right away!β I said, βIβm trying to!β and then Dieter is going, [heavy German accent] βwho is that?β and we kept on playing it. My assistant was freaking out getting in a car to try and save me!
In real life, whatβs the strangest thing youβve asked an assistant to do for you?
When youβre an assistant your job is 24/7β¦ A lot of the time I have one press agent to keep me in the press and one press agent to get me out of the press!
βTragic situationsβ
Why do you attract such media attention?
What I realise is that Iβm so famous that no matter what I do, Iβm gonna get press out of it. When I had some bad press in the past I was playing Roger DeBris in The Producers, which Mel Brooks wrote and produced. Heβs one of the greatest comedic geniuses of our time and he called me and I said βhey sorry for all the pressβ and he said, βweβre sold out! Do me a favour and go out and do that again tonight and for the next ten weeks!β
What moment or scenario from your life would you have liked to include from your life for Hoff the Record that didnβt make the cut this time?
I went into rehab when I was 50 and I have so many amazing stories β I wanted to do a show called βTreatment and Recoveryβ! Itβs funny, everyone was like, ok weβre here to get better and to figure out whatβs wrong but there are so many scams, so many different thingsβ¦ opening up a closet door and your roommate falling out with a thousand beers around him. Weβre actually doing that in our second series because there are so many weird, tragic situations that you can find a little bit of humour in. If you follow me round with a camera for 3 or 4 days youβre going to have a story for an episode.
βHoff the Recordβ is showing on Dave
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