KUALOA (HawaiiNewsNow) – The “Flyin’ Hawaiian” takes on Hollywood!

Maui’s own Shane Victorino has never even taken an acting lesson, but when producers of Hawaii Five-0 came calling, the Philadelphia Phillies all-star stepped up to the plate.

We know Victorino can play centerfield … but can he take center stage? In Monday’s (February 20th) episode of Hawaii Five-0″, Shane plays “Shaun” – an employee who’s on Oahu with co-workers on a team-building exercise. Before his scene …

“Hope you’re ready. Gotta make sure I look good with my beautiful hair!” says Victorino as he rubs his head.

… it’s hair and make-up. And let’s just say, he was in and out of that chair faster than a stolen base. Then, we were driven up to the set in Kualoa.

I ask him, “What’s more stress? Right now … as you get ready to do your scene … or playing in a World Series?”

Victorino says, “I’ll let you answer that. What do you think’s easier?”

“I think this would be cake!” I say.

“I would have to argue and say probably not,” answers Victorino.

“Really?” I’m pretty shocked.

He says,”I mean, hey, it’s something that I’m not used to doing. Obviously, playing in the game, playing in the World Series, I played the game of baseball everyday as a kid. And I just saw it as another game. I didn’t think, ‘Okay, I’m playing in the biggest stage of my career or my life’, but I just looked at it as playing another game. So, that definitely kept my nerves down, but I’m definitely a lot more nervous now. Trust me.”

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