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Kevin Bacon thinks a Footloose sequel 'would be a disaster'

"I don’t know what the story would be," the actor said.

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Published on February 9, 2024 06:27PM EST

Kevin Bacon is cutting loose the idea of a Footloose sequel.

The actor, who starred as everyone’s favorite dancing bad boy Ren McCormack, kicked off his Sunday shoes and spoke candidly about whether or not he’d star in a sequel to the 1984 film during Thursday’s episode of his Six Degrees podcast.

“Footloose 2 has been done,” Bacon claimed, referring to the 2011 remake of the movie starring Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough.

His cohost Stacy Huston then pointed out that particular film was a “remake" and suggested that Footloose 2 should be an actual “sequel, like you are now John Lithgow.” To which Bacon cheekily replied, “And I’m banning dancing?”

“Not you’re banning dancing,” she conceded. “But you’re older, you’ve raised your own, maybe your kids are in high school, right? I feel like that’s the sequel. Like, it’s your son.”

Bacon, however, is fine with keeping his feet on the ground. “Never say never… I think it would be a disaster,” he admitted. “It’s funny, because they made countless Friday the 13ths and I was in the very first Friday the 13th. Then they remade Footloose, then they remade Flatliners, and I decided that they’re just remaking all the movies I’m in that begin with ‘F’. So, if I do another movie that begins with 'F,' they’ll probably make it.”

The question sparked a larger conversation between the pair about the ongoing wave of movie remakes, with Huston stating she’d “start a petition” if Hollywood ever decides to redo The Breakfast Club. “It shouldn’t be remade,” she said, “but I feel like those are the types of movies that are on the chopping block. Someone’s gonna try to remake it.”

“It’s a funny thing with remakes because I kind of agree with you — there is something about ‘Let’s just leave well enough alone,’” Bacon said. “Unless they’ve really got a fresh idea, but the other things is, in our business, everyone wants intellectual property and wants to revisit intellectual property.”

With that in mind, Bacon acknowledged that he’s in the fourth Beverly Hills Cop installment and noted “that’s actually going to be a really fun movie.” But, when it comes to a potential Footloose 2, he added, "I don’t know what the story would be for Footloose."

Bacon also revealed that he turned down a part in the 2011 remake. “It was terrible, the part was, and I was like, ‘Why would I be in this playing… It doesn’t make any sense. Like, it just doesn’t make any sense here. I’m not really understanding,’” he recalled. “So, anyway, I said no. They didn’t miss me.”

He did like some things about the film, though. “Actually, I thought the dancing was incredible in that movie," he said. "The second one was, in a lot of ways, a lot better than we did.”

But consider him still on the fence. In a subsequent social media post, Bacon simply wrote, “I don’t know guys, I don’t think Footloose 2 would be a good idea…”

Listen to Bacon discuss Footloose in his podcast above.

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