Orlando model talks Sheen, ‘Baywatch’
Orlando model Charlotte McKinney is keeping a busy pace these days.
Her Guess underwear campaign with a strippeddown Joe Jonas came out Wednesday. “Mad Families,” a movie on the Crackle streaming service, premiered Thursday. Her upcoming big-screen movies include “Baywatch” and “Flatliners.”
McKinney, 23, gained national attention when she lustily ate a Carl’s Jr. hamburger in a 2015 Super Bowl commercial. Months later, she competed briefly on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.”
She co-stars with Charlie Sheen and Leah Remini in “Mad Families,” a comedy about three families — one Hispanic, one African-American and one Caucasian — sharing a campsite on a Fourth of July weekend.
“They all just kind of bond,” McKinney said from Los Angeles. “Everyone has own their own funny. That’s why I liked it.”
McKinney raved about the often controversial Sheen. “I didn’t know what to expect. He was amazing, so kind, so on time, so easy to work with,” she said. “I really bonded with him. He played my brother in the movie.”
Sheen complimented her on her natural talent, she said, telling her, “You have something that you can’t really get in an acting school.”
She was equally impressed by “King of Queens” star Remini and recalled they shared a scene that was all improv. “She was so funny. We bounced off each other’s humor,” McKinney said. “I’d love to work with her again.”
“Mad Families” reunites her with David Spade, who wrote the script, after working together on “Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser.” “He’s become a great friend. He’s supportive,” McKinney said. “We have the same humor. We have a great chemistry when we work together.”
“Dancing With the Stars” helped her career and allowed her to get an anti-bullying message in front of the public, but she also says it wasn’t her favorite job.
She seized the opportunity to be in “Baywatch,” a new slant on the TV series with Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Priyanka Chopra that arrives in May.
“On set it was so fun. I’m so lucky to be part of that movie,” McKinney said. “When I heard about that project, I had to be part of it.”
“Flatliners,” a remake of the 1990 original, will be out in September. McKinney co-stars with Diego Luna, Ellen Page, Nina Dobrev and Kiefer Sutherland, who was in the first film.
McKinney also hints that she will be on a magazine cover out Jan. 30.
“I can’t say what it is. It’s a great cover,” she added. “It kind of has to do with Florida. So stay tuned.”