Footloose Movie Remake To Star Chace Crawford
And here we go again with the remakes!
It has been decided that they are going ahead and remaking Footloose. Why don't they just leave these movies alone? Many would consider the original Footloose back in 1984, starring Kevin Bacon, a classic. The popular teen movie also starred a young Sarah Jessica Parker and the great Jon Lithgow.
I never considered Footloose a classic myself, but I do like Kevin Bacon, and I think they should just stop remaking these movies and come up with their own friggin' ideas.
The original movie's story was about a city kid who moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned. No, it wasn't filmed in Amish Country in Pennsylvania.
I would think they might have to update the story line a tad to make it relevant to today's youth. Maybe this one will be about an urban white boy who wants to rap? Oh wait, Eminem already did that.
Chace Crawford of "Gossip Girl" has been tapped to play the part of Ren McCormack, the part made famous by Bacon. Originally High School Musical and Hairspray star Zac Efron was set to play the part, but dropped out of the project, supposedly because he was done acting in musicals. Hmmm....one man's cheese is another man's gold I guess.
A better question is, will Kenny Loggins update the theme song of the same name, or will they remake that as well?
Hollywood — destroying my youth one remake at time.
While Chace is certainly a bit more hunky than Bacon, what with his chiseled jaw and classic good looks, I don't know if he has the dancing chops to fill the role as Bacon did. Bacon did most of the dancing in the original,although he did have a dance-double for the more difficult parts. Which reminds me, how has Bacon managed to avoid "Dancing With The Stars"?
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