Footloose (2011) (2024)

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What was banned in the movie Footloose? ›

At school, Ren befriends Willard Hewitt. He soon learns that the town council has banned dancing and rock music within the town boundary.

But the thing: the 2011 version of Footloose manages a trick balancing act of being essentially the exact same movie as the original, while producing actual underlying themes. It's a superior movie to the original, while still using 90% of the same scenes and dialogue.

Hough is 23 and plays an 18-year-old as if she were in her early 30s, bringing in notes of gravity, weariness, despairing recklessness and even self-disgust.

In a 2013 interview with Howard Stern, Kevin Bacon admitted that he actually has tipped DJs at weddings not to play "Footloose". He stated that people expect him to dance to the song as he did in the movie. In truth, while he did do some of the dancing, there was also a dancing double for him.

The actor revealed that it was almost a year before the cast got back together to reshoot the scene, which might explain the absence of Sarah Jessica Parker.

Parker — who was only 18 at the time — played Rusty, Ariel's friend. The late Chris Penn, who died in 2006 at age 40, played Ren's friend Willard, who was also Rusty's love interest. “Chris and I were good friends,” Singer, 66, exclusively told The Post. “We were very close.

Footloose is based on a true story. In 1979 the small town of Elmore City, Oklahoma faced a community crisis. The seniors of Elmore High School wanted to plan a senior prom, but dances were against the law thanks to a not-forgotten ordinance from the late 1800s that forbade dancing within the city limits.

Zac Efron was originally cast as Ren McCormack, but he pulled out in March 2009 because he did not want people to think that all he could do was sing and dance, and so he could star in "Charlie St. Cloud". Justin Timberlake recommended Kenny Wormald to be in the film as he was a back up dancer for him.

On the day of the movie's famous warehouse shoot, “I had a stunt double, a dance double and two gymnastics doubles,” recalls Bacon. “There were five of us in the f—ing outfit, and I felt horrible.” One thing that Bacon was unwilling to do was stay quiet about his dance double.

Who is Ariel's boyfriend in Footloose? ›

Chuck Cranston (Supporting): Male, 18-25. Tenor. The local bad boy and Ariel's boyfriend.

It's during the trip that the motivation behind the pastor's ban is revealed - Ariel's brother, the pastor's son, was killed in an accident after a night of drinking and dancing. Much of the film revolves around Ren and the other teens sneaking around to learn how to dance or go dancing.

1978: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick first cross paths

While getting lunch between performances of his off-Broadway play Getting Out, Bacon was approached by a young fan and her older brother — which turned out to be twelve-year-old Sedgwick.

Bacon has been married to actress Kyra Sedgwick since September 4, 1988; they met on the set of the PBS version of Lanford Wilson's play Lemon Sky.

John Travolta was offered the role of Ren McCormack, but turned it down.