As the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” suggests, actor Kevin Bacon is well-known, and has been for a long time.
The “Footloose” and “Friday the 13th” actor, who has been in the business for well over 40 years and has two films out this week, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and “MaXXXine,” spoke with Vanity Fair for an interview published on Friday, in which he discussed his longtime status as a highly recognizable star, as well as how he recently tried to see how the other half lived.
Kevin Bacon Wore A Disguise To Spend The Day Like A Normal Person And Discovered It ‘Sucked’
“I went to a special effects makeup artist, had consultations, and asked him to make me a prosthetic disguise,” Bacon told the newspaper.
Once dressed and undercover, he traveled to The Grove, one of Los Angeles’ most popular shopping districts, and was delighted to learn that “nobody recognized” him.
He was thrilled at first, but it quickly faded.
“People were shoving past me, which was not very pleasant. Nobody said, ‘I love you.’ “I had to wait in line to, I don’t know, buy a f—king coffee or whatever,” Bacon said slyly. “I thought, This sucks. I want to return to being famous.”
Bacon, recognized for his ability to play characters ranging from incredibly likable (as in “Tremors” or “Apollo 13”) to extremely evil (as in “Sleepers” or “The River Wild”), once again plays a villain in his two new films.
He told Vanity Fair that as an actor, he has never hesitated to take darker roles since, to him, “this is what an actor is.” I never worry about how others perceive me. Work is about taking on several identities and being a part of a larger story.”
Kevin Bacon Wore A Disguise To Spend The Day Like A Normal Person And Discovered It ‘Sucked’
“I don’t need you to go to the movies and love me,” Bacon continued. “If you go to a movie like ‘MaXXXine’ or ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,’ and I die, and you jump up and cheer, I think, ‘Great. That was my gig. That’s all I wanted out of it.”
“MaXXXine” hits theaters on Friday. “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” is currently available on Netflix.
SOURCE – CNN
