Why turning down the lead role in Baywatch three decades ago means supermodel Caprice is now making a family-friendly Christmas movie in the Highlands - as she reveals she is OBSESSED with Trump and almost died getting lost while looking for a Costa
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In a corner of a Perthshire bookstore – closed for the day for movie-making purposes – former supermodel Caprice Bourret briefly lets her mind unspool. It’s been a morning. ‘I had no idea what the hell I was getting myself into,’ says the 53-year-old Californian who appears in almost every scene of the film being shot over 14 days in numerous Highland locations.
![[Caprice has now been a leading supermodel for several decades]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/19/94224127-14297931-Caprice_has_now_been_a_leading_supermodel_for_several_decades-a-14_1737143249025.jpg)
‘Not only do I have to do this, but I have to produce the whole thing, I have to make sure all my actors are here, I’ve got to book all the trains, the planes, I’ve got to make sure the location the next day is all set up, got to make sure that we have all the props.’.
![[Caprice was offered the lead role after its star Pamela Anderson (pictured_ left - but turned it down]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/00/94231167-14297931-Caprice_was_offered_the_lead_role_after_its_star_Pamela_Anderson-m-29_1737158636776.jpg)
And the reason why all this responsibility now falls on her elegant shoulders? Well, high on the list of them is the fact she turned down the lead role in Baywatch almost three decades ago. ‘How stupid is that?’ exclaims one of the most photographed women on the planet as she vents in the travel section of the Aberfeldy Watermill bookshop.
![[Few suspect that their local store has been taken over by a celebrity of global renown who is ruing the day she passed up the ‘easy’ route to acting stardom. Pictured: Caprice at the Bellagio in 2006]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/18/00/94231441-14297931-image-a-99_1737159453966.jpg)
Outside, life goes on as normal in the sleepy town. Few suspect that their local store has been taken over by a celebrity of global renown who is ruing the day she passed up the ‘easy’ route to acting stardom. ‘I think it’s because I believed my own hype and I thought I was bigger than that,’ she says of Baywatch. ‘I look back at some of my decisions and think, “Cap, what is wrong with you?”’.
![[Caprice is now filming 'A Scottish Christmas Secret' at The Watermill Cafe & Bookshop in Aberfeldy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/19/94224131-14297931-Filming_of_A_Scottish_Christmas_Secret_at_The_Watermill_Cafe_Boo-a-12_1737143249024.jpg)
Well, I offer, surely no one could have guessed how huge the American series would become. In a corner of a Perthshire bookstore – closed for the day for movie-making purposes – former supermodel Caprice Bourret briefly lets her mind unspool. Pictured: Caprice with Scottish Daily Mail writer Jonathan Brocklebank.
![[The tight-budget Christmas movie, being shot over a fortnight stars her as its lead actress, who is also doing all the costings, hiring the crew – and even arranging the catering]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/19/94224133-0-image-a-16_1737142579803.jpg)
