David Chokachi regrets losing touch with Pamela Anderson

He told Us Weekly: "We were in touch, she was living in Malibu for a while and I would see her. And then she kind of uprooted and went back to Vancouver Island, and she kind of disengaged from the whole thing. She wanted to get a fresh start. It's a bummer because we had a good friendship."

The 'Witchblade' star noted that he and Pamela - who left 'Baywatch' in 1997 amid her marriage to Motley Cure rocker Tommy Lee - always worked so well on set together because of how neither of them took things so "seriously" and didn't assume that they would become A-list film stars following their appearances on the action drama series.

He said: "[She] and I worked so well because we were really self-deprecating, like, we never took it that seriously. lot of people thought, 'I'm turning into a movie star. I'm leaving the show.' We weren't those kinds of actors. We were just like, 'This is so fun. Why would you leave the show? We get to do all these great things together, be on the beach and be with a bunch of really cool people."

David also noted that he particularly enjoyed "shooting second unit" because that meant that a fun day on the water was lined up.

He added: "It always meant we were going to be doing action and water rescues, driving the boats, jet skis, beating up bad guys or making out with Pam. "Second unit was a lot of montage stuff. You knew it'd be a really fun day. That's where you go to work, and you get to do all these cool things in the water."