Linda Lampenius makes a revelation about Baywatch bodies on the Aki Linnanahde Talk Show podcast.
A violinist Linda Lampenius53, recalls filming Baywatch Aki Linnanahde Talk Show on the podcast. Lampenius got to act in the highly popular series in 1998. The series was shown between 1989 and 2001.
Lampenius tells how he trained incredibly hard for his role. The series is known for its top-fit and perfection-seeking bodies.
Linda Lampenius was only in one episode of Baywatch, but her song was included in the series. Antti Nikkanen
On the spot, however, he realized why all the actors’ bodies looked so perfectly tanned.
– There was the aunt who painted the body. I was like what are you doing? Lampenius recalls in the episode.
– I realized how perfect everyone’s bodies were there. It was that you go there to the trailer and then there comes the aunt with the big bucket next to it. There’s a lot of stuff in that bucket, the violinist continues.
Lampenius says that the “aunt” in question took a big brush and painted her body like a wall. She was wearing a bikini which was covered with white paper for the painting session. Lampenius was told that the skin paint in question contained sunscreen, self-tanner and brown color.
– Just like that, everyone had perfect skin. No blood vessels were visible and you are like a porcelain doll, he says.
The secret of Baywatch bodies was the “auntie” with her special paint. Fremantle Media/Shutterstock
In addition, he reveals that one of the main stars of the series, David Hasselhoff, always weighed before shooting.
– Then the blood vessels bulged, and they looked bigger than they were, Lampenius opens.
Lampenius recently took a stand on modern beauty ideals in a cover interview with Iltalehti. He said that he was horrified by how many people already in their twenties undergo cosmetic surgery in order to fit modern beauty ideals.
– It’s really sad that you no longer want individuality, but have to fit into the mold. When I was in Playboy, the models all looked different because there was no botox or fillers back then. I would hope that today’s youth would start to think more that we are all unique the way we are, he stated in the interview.
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