The Rock and Zac Efron hit the beach for 'Baewatch' -- er, 'Baywatch'

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Proma Khosla
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Baywatch will be a beautiful meeting of the muscles. Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron will team up in the upcoming big-screen reboot of the classic TV show -- and the actors are already on set and ready to swim in these first production photos.

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Both Efron and Johnson posted pictures on Instagram of their first day filming, with nothing but kind words to say about each other. Johnson even teased some of the film's jokes, including how his character believes in having "alpha balls" and the hashtag #NowWhoNeedsMouthToMouth?

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: #BAYWATCH Day 1. My character "Mitch Buchannon" just gave @zacefron's character "Matt Brody" the all important beach speech about what it means to have manly "Alpha balls". Zac's ad-libbed responses were brilliant! Talented and great dude. World get ready to have some fun, 'cause the beach will never be the same again. #OnSet #BAYWATCH #Day1 #AlphaBalls #NowWhoNeedsMouthToMouth? A photo posted by therock (@therock) on Feb 22, 2016 at 3:23pm PST

First day protecting the bay is a wrap. Thanks to the big guy (Dwayne). Stay tuned. More adventures lie ahead. #speedoready #baywatch A photo posted by Zac Efron (@zacefron) on Feb 22, 2016 at 7:16pm PST

The film also stars Alexandra Daddario, Priyanka Chopra, Kelly Rohrbach, Jon Bass and Ilfenesh Hadera.

Baywatch will release in 2017.

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