Kevin Bacon Went Undercover as High School Student to Research for ‘Footloose’

Kevin Bacon went undercover as a high school student to research his role in “Footloose.” During a conversation for Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” with John Lithgow, Bacon said at 23, he was afraid he couldn’t pull off the role of 17-year-old Ren McCormack — a Chicago teen who moves to a small town. “I went and had that same... Read more » Variety Staff