
Actor Kevin Bacon confirmed that he’ll return to the high school where the iconic dance movie “Footloose” was filmed more than four decades ago.
Students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, have spent months working on a social media campaign using the hashtag “BaconToPayson” to convince the actor to visit their school for prom this year. Students did so by recreating scenes from the movie and posting dance sequences on TikTok, per Today.
That effort was successful, as the actor promised to visit the school on the day of the prom. Bacon announced he planned to revisit the school 41 years after filming “Footloose.”
“I have been so impressed with everything that’s been going on there with this crazy idea to get me to come back,” Bacon said in a video announcement to the students. “I’ve been amazed at the wo …