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.