Kevin Bacon Rejected ‘Footloose’ Fame Because It Wasn’t a ‘Serious Actor’ Role and He Wanted to Work With Scorsese: ‘The Last Thing I Wanted to Be Was a Pop Star’

Kevin Bacon’s star-making role in 1984’s “Footloose” put him on a path that clashed with his original aspirations as a performer, the actor recently said on the “Podcrushed” podcast (via Insider). Bacon had no idea he was auditioning for a “dance movie” when he tested for the role of Ren McCormack. “When I did the […]
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