It may already be common LDS folklore, but this was news to me: Kevin Bacon tells Terry Gross about how he enrolled as an exchange student at a Provo, Utah high school while doing research for “Footloose”. Fascinating. The story begins at 23:45, but you should listen to the entire interview. He’s a pretty articulate guy.
I had big guys threatening to beat me up, and girls giggling … it was very much like the movie.
… these kids were all farmers and jocks and dressed accordingly, and I had a sorta punk hairdo and skinny tie and funky-lookin’ jacket and stuff like that. I remember them looking at me like I was a freak.”
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