It's been 27 years since Kevin Bacon's Ren McCormack moved from big-city Chicago to small-town Bomont and, armed only with a soundtrack featuring Kenny Loggins, Bonnie Tyler and Deniece Williams, danced the repression right out of the conservative townies who banned pop music but not book-burning.

Part "Rebel Without a Cause" and part "Pollyanna," "Footloose" combined bad movie clichés with renegade proms, a game of chicken on tractors and the latest in technology -- the Walkman. Given the film's success, a revisit to Bomont was inevitable. With the remake opening this weekend, let's play "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" with the new cast.

REN

  • Now: Kenny Wormald plays the role originated by Bacon.
  • Then: Bacon was in his mid-20s when he starred as the rebellious city teen.

Path from Wormald to Bacon:

  • Wormald was in "Clerks II" (2006) with Ben Affleck.
  • Affleck was in "Good Will Hunting" (1997) with Matt Damon.
  • Damon was in "Ocean's Eleven" (2001) with Julia Roberts.
  • Roberts was in "Flatliners" (1990) with Bacon.
  • Wormand's Bacon number is 4.

ARIEL

  • Now: Julianne Hough plays the rebellious preacher's daughter.
  • Then: Lori Singer was Ariel.

Path from Hough to Bacon:

  • Hough's partner on Season 7 of "Dancing With the Stars" was Cody Linley.
  • Linley was in "My Dog Skip" (2000) with Bacon.
  • Hough's Bacon number is 2.

REV. SHAW MOORE

  • Now: Dennis Quaid plays the moral leader of Bomont.
  • Then: John Lithgow played the minister.

Path from Quaid to Bacon:

  • Quaid was in "Vantage Point" (2008) with Matthew Fox.
  • Fox was in "Party of Five" (1994) with Neve Campbell.
  • Campbell was in "Wild Things" (1998) with Bacon.
  • Quaid's Bacon number is 3.

VI MOORE

  • Now: Andie MacDowell plays the understanding wife of the good reverend.
  • Then: Dianne Wiest was Vi.

Path from MacDowell to Bacon:

  • MacDowell was in "Short Cuts" (1993) with Tim Robbins.
  • Robbins was in "Mystic River" (2003) with Bacon.
  • MacDowell's Bacon number is 2.

WILLARD

  • Now: Miles Teller plays the local kid who quickly befriends Ren and shows him the ropes. In return, Ren shows Willard how to dance.
  • Then: Chris Penn was Willard.

Path from Teller to Bacon:

  • Teller was in "Rabbit Hole" (2010) with Dianne Wiest.
  • Wiest was in "Footloose" (1984) with Bacon.
  • Teller's Bacon number is 2.

RUSTY

  • Now: Ziah Colon plays Ariel's best friend.
  • Then: Sarah Jessica Parker filled the role.

Path from Colon to Bacon:

  • Colon was in "Road Trip: Beer Pong" (2009) with Julianna Guill.
  • Guill was in "Crazy, Stupid, Love" (2011) with Bacon.
  • Colon's Bacon number is 2.