Kevin Bacon said he hasn’t been to the Oscars in 40 years since ‘Footloose’ made him the ‘It Boy of the Year’
Kevin Bacon hasn’t been to the Oscars since arriving onto the Hollywood scene in Footloose four decades ago.
Bacon recalled being invited to present an award because he was “It Boy of the Year” following his breakout performance as Ren McCormack. “Footloose was sort of the thing that entered me into the world of Hollywood, if you will. You know? So it was a big year for me,” he said. Elsewhere in the interview, Bacon opened up about teaming up with Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, which will be released on July 3. Like Footloose did for Bacon, the original film served as a launching pad for Murphy’s career in 1984.
“I did an interview the other day and this woman told her daughter, ‘I’m going to do an interview with Kevin Bacon later,’” Bacon recalled. “And she said, ‘Oh, Kevin Bacon. Is that the guy from Instagram?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, man!’”Bacon, who starred in blockbusters like A Few Good Men and Stir of Echoes after breaking into the industry, still holds onto special memories from his Footloose fame.
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