Almost 40 years after the release of Footloose, actor Kevin Bacon demonstrated to the world that he still has his dance talents. The 65-year-old Hollywood veteran reprised the classic dance from the 1984 Oscar-nominated film in which he appeared in a recent video.
The video was titled “Strike over! @sagaftra” and celebrated the conclusion of the 118-day actors’ strike, which ended when SAG-AFTRA negotiated a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios in November.
The video was shot in an empty barn and featured Bacon wearing cowboy boots and dancing to Kenny Loggins’ theme song from the film.
“It makes me so happy that you embrace and provide what brings the rest of us such joy.” Mr. Bacon, thank you for this and everything you do,” fellow actor Nathan Fillion said on the video.
“This made my day, Kevin!” Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks’ wife and singer, penned.
“Oh. My. Yessssssssssss,” added Dancing With The Stars host Julianne Hough, with actor Ethan Hawk adding, “This is wonderful!!!!!”
“An entire generation was just celebrating over this video!” a member of the public said.
As Footloose celebrates its 40th anniversary in February, Bacon emphasized the significance of the picture, which also starred Sarah Jessica Parker, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, and Dianne Wiest, for a variety of generations and fans.
“40 years. That is one of those films. “It changed my life,” Bacon said. “To say anything otherwise would be false. I was working and knew I’d be an actor for a long time, but I imagined myself as a character actor—which I am—but this took over people’s minds for that instant, and my life changed.”
Go down to watch Bacon’s video, which has received over 8 million views on TikTok and 3.7 million views on X.
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