It’s been 40 years since was launched, and Kevin Bacon returned to the highschool the place the musical drama was filmed.
“Go Lions! Right here we’re on this lovely, lovely spot on this lovely, lovely day,” Bacon stated, in keeping with ABC4. “It’s been a very long time – 40 years – that simply blows my thoughts, you recognize. Issues look a bit of totally different round right here. I’d say the factor that appears probably the most totally different is me.”
Payson Excessive College in Utah was one of many movie areas of Footloose, and Bacon made an look on Saturday after the scholars campaigned for the actor to attend their promenade.
“You have been all simply tireless. Unrelenting … You talked me into it,” Bacon stated. “I feel it’s nice to see that sort of dedication to something. I additionally assume that it’s wonderful the ability that this film has needed to simply sort of deliver folks collectively, and join on the fundamental concepts there are behind the film – you recognize, standing as much as authority generally, and to being forgiving to people who find themselves not precisely the identical as you, and for standing up in your personal freedoms and your proper to precise your self, and for having compassion for different folks.”
To point out their gratitude, the scholars supplied to assist Bacon create 5,000 “important sources kits” that Bacon’s basis, SixDegrees.org, initiated as a part of their celebration of the movie’s launch.
“By turning what may very well be only a film star coming again to get a pat on the again, into one thing actually constructive. And that’s what we’re going to do immediately once we construct these kits,” Bacon added. “Thanks a lot in your dedication to giving again to your neighborhood and to the folks you’re sharing this planet with, and I’m thrilled we’re going to be working right here collectively immediately.”
Footloose, a movie directed by Herbert Ross and written by Dean Pitchford, was launched in 1984. Bacon starred within the musical drama alongside the likes of Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow.
