Kevin Bacon says he didn't realize 'Footloose' was a 'dance movie': 'I wasn't trained as a dancer' Kevin Bacon said he didn't know his iconic movie "Footloose" would be a "dance movie." Bacon told "Podcrushed" that he thought it was just a drama with some improvised dancing in it.
Why was Sarah Jessica Parker not in the dance scene of Footloose?
Bacon continued: “The studio tested the movie, and they were like, 'This doesn't work at all; everyone wants to get up and dance at the end of this movie. '” The actor revealed that it was almost a year before the cast got back together to reshoot the scene, which might explain the absence of Sarah Jessica Parker.
Kevin Bacon Rented Footloose to Learn His Tonight Show Dance Moves
Did Kevin Bacon do all the dance scenes in Footloose?
But because the plot of Footloose revolves around dance, the lack of music in this case is especially glaring. Kevin Bacon did most of his own dancing, but some moves were too difficult for him. A double was brought in for the more serious gymnastics stunts—a fact the studio wanted to hide from the press.
For his dance scene in the warehouse, Bacon said he had four stunt doubles: "I had a stunt double, a dance double [Peter Tramm] and two gymnastics doubles."
On the day of the movie's famous warehouse shoot, “I had a stunt double, a dance double and two gymnastics doubles,” recalls Bacon. “There were five of us in the f—ing outfit, and I felt horrible.” One thing that Bacon was unwilling to do was stay quiet about his dance double.
How old was Julianne Hough when she starred in Footloose?
Hough is 23 and plays an 18-year-old as if she were in her early 30s, bringing in notes of gravity, weariness, despairing recklessness and even self-disgust. Somehow it works.”
In 2011, a remake of the movie Footloose was released, and Blake Shelton recorded a cover for the soundtrack. Shelton's cover reached the number 63 position on the Hot Country Songs chart that year, and the tune is accompanied by a totally meta music video (which you can watch here).
Kevin Bacon's wealth comes from decades of work in the filmmaking business. He has starred in multiple commercially successful film projects such as Footloose and Apollo 13 among others. As a result, his net worth is considered to be approximately $45 million according to celebritynetworth.com.
Sosie Ruth Bacon (born March 15, 1992) is an American actress. Her first role was playing 10-year-old Emily in the film Loverboy (2005), which was directed by her father, Kevin Bacon, and stars her mother, Kyra Sedgwick.
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are celebrating 35 years of marriage. The couple marked their wedding anniversary Monday by sharing sweet tributes featuring photos of them at the start of their relationship. "35 years feels like a heartbeat. #Anniversary," Bacon wrote in his tribute.
How much did Kevin Bacon make for Footloose? It has been reported that Kevin Bacon was paid as much as $1 million for Footloose. This amount may be surprising considering the fact that this was Bacon's first major headlining movie role and that this is a large number for 1984.
After the startling revelation that husband and wife Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are distantly related as cousins, comes a brand new detail about what they share – again, courtesy of the show on genealogy, PBS's Finding Your Roots.
"Dancing With the Stars" judge Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert, longtime partners in life and on the ballroom dance floor, are married. Hough, 38, and "DWTS" pro dancer Erbert, 28, married in front of family and friends in a redwood forest in Northern California's Monterey County on August 26, People magazine reported.
The High School Musical heartthrob decided not to take the role of Ren McCormack in the upcoming remake of the hit '80s musical – a part that launched the career of then-25-year-old Kevin Bacon – because he wants to challenge his acting chops.
Hough dated Ryan Seacrest from April 2010 to March 2013. In February 2014, it was revealed that she had begun dating NHL player Brooks Laich, then of the Washington Capitals, in December 2013. The couple announced their engagement on August 18, 2015, and were married on July 8, 2017.
1987: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick fall in love while filming Lemon Sky. Bacon and Sedgwick formally met on the set of 1988's Lemon Sky. As Sedgwick later recalled on Conan, Bacon organized (and paid for) group dinners for the entire cast, hoping she would come along.
But rather than putting his feelings into words, Bacon decided to put it into dance, alluding to the iconic film that launched his career. The actor, who starred opposite Lori Singer, played Ren, a city teen who moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned.
Reverend Shaw Moore (Lead): Male, 35-55. Baritone. The powerful, traditional local church leader; strict, stern, and solemn, still struggling with the death of his son. Ariel Moore (Lead): Female, 18-25.
In a 2013 interview with Howard Stern, Kevin Bacon admitted that he has actually tipped DJs at weddings not to play "Footloose". He stated that people expect him to dance to the song as he did in the movie. In truth, while he did do some of the dancing, there was also a dancing double for him.
