Footloose

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Kevin Bacon Was in a Band Called Footloose When He Was 15 (Cracked.com)

When Kevin Bacon got the call that he landed what would be his breakout role as Ren McCormak in the 1984 film Footloose, there had to have been a small part ...

We’ll be combing the audience shots for John Lithgow. [Kimmel’s](https://www.cracked.com/article_36811_my-pillow-guy-volunteers-to-be-kimmel-punchline.html) suggestion that the movie Footloose may have been an act of fate — maybe if Bacon also had a DJ career under the stage name [Tremors](https://www.cracked.com/article_35755_the-real-life-origins-of-15-movie-monsters.html), he’d accept that there’s someone looking out for him upstairs. [Kevin Bacon](https://www.cracked.com/article_36086_kevin-bacon-pays-weddings-djs-not-to-play-footloose.html) got the call that he landed what would be his breakout role as Ren McCormak in the 1984 film [Footloose](https://www.cracked.com/article_32537_the-ultimate-dance-off-flashdance-footloose-or-dirty-dancing.html), there had to have been a small part of him that thought it was all an impressively elaborate prank.

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