Troma has finally made it! Kevin Bacon is one of the stars of their Toxic Avenger remake, which stars Peter Dinklage as the title role!
When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive.
Radioactive, just like all Troma films!
And it looks like this delayed remake is bringing the movie studio into the 21st century with fun, gore, and special effects. Normally, I would say that is a bad thing. But with the genius that comes from Lloyd Kaufman, that is a great thing. Nothing toxic here!
Which is why it is awesome that it is being released unrated on August 29th! They can be as outrageous as they want to be, and I am sure they will be.
If you have never seen the original Toxic Avenger, you can watch it on Troma.com for free.
Kenny Loggins’ song Footloose is as synonymous with Kevin Bacon as it is with the movie. Therefore, it makes sense that when a DJ sees the actor at a wedding, they put it on the rotation. And Bacon hates it. However, it is not why you think he does.
“The reason is, I mean, it sounds like it, it sounds sort of obnoxious because the movie was so great for me and we played in the band. And I’ve played the song, you know, a million times. And the star at the wedding is the bride and the groom,” he told Drew Barrymore on her talk show today. “So if you go to a wedding, it always starts, this is, so many times it starts out cool, and then, you know, the drinking starts. And at about 10 o’clock, the, the DJ plays that song. People kind of form a circle around me and start clapping like I’m a trained monkey. I mean, and expect me to, you know, do a thing and I just, my feeling is I’m not the I’m not the focus here like the, you know, it’s, it’s gotta be about those two people so that’s why I tend to not want to hear it at a wedding.”
That makes perfect sense. I love that he has remained so humble, even though every actor is Six Degrees away from him, including me!
Kevin Bacon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt interviewed each other for Unilad to promote their parts in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
The Third Rock from the Sun actor asked the Six Degrees of Separation star what his hidden talent is. You know it is going to be good when he has to take off his jacket to show us what it is.
So, what is the amazing talent? He lifts his arms and puts his hands on the back of his head, and that is when the magic starts. He used his mouth as a horn to play the Axel F theme, and then he made his biceps dance to the beat.
Kevin and Michael Bacon, aka The Bacon Brothers, perform “Footloose” as the song’s co-writer Dean Pitchford gets inducted into the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame class pic.twitter.com/zIMqhKGn7k
For forty years, we have seen Kevin Bacon dance to Footloose. But I don’t remember hearing him sing it.
Yesterday, during the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Bacon Brothers sang the song for the thrilled audience.
The song is just one of the many great tunes that Dean Pitchford wrote, and that is why he was given the honor.
And now let’s talk about Kevin singing the single that is synonymous with him. Dare I say it, but I think it might even be better than Kenny Loggins’ version. And I fucking love the original. What do you think?
