Monday 1 August 2022 08:45 AM Kevin Bacon marvels at popularity of Footloose and confesses 'it was a great ... trends now
Kevin Bacon is looking back fondly at the time he spent shooting the hit film Footloose, nearly 40 years after slipping into his dancing shoes for the role of Ren McCormack.
In an interview on Today, the musical drama's leading man also marveled at its longevity, and how it's been able to garner new fans over the course of the last four decades.
'I love it. I think it's great,' he told the co-host Willie Geist, adding, 'It's like all of those things that you think "Oh, my gosh, is it ever going to go away?" At a certain point, you have to embrace the beast.'
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Classic: Kevin Bacon, 64, is looking back fondly at the time he spent shooting the hit film Footloose, nearly 40 years after the release of the musical drama
Bacon, 64, went on to add how 'it was a great gift to be part of that movie. I certainly took it very seriously when I was doing it and I love that people will still come up and say that they just showed it to their kids.'
The Philadelphia native also credited the film's enduring popularity to the Broadway musical that premiered back in 1998, and has since gone on to have traveling versions of the musical in the U.S. and UK, while also having a couple of runs on London's West End.
'After the Broadway show (ended) its run, it then becomes available to be done in every single high school,' he explained. 'And there's not that many plays, certainly musicals, where you can have a musical and a bunch of high school kids in it.'
Gracious: In an interview with Today, Bacon marveled at the film's longevity, and how it's been able to garner new fans over the course of the last four decades
