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Jun 2021
1h 8m

Kevin Bacon - 'City on a Hill'

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
About this episode

The character actor's character actor — there's a reason the 'Six Degrees' game is named after him — reflects on lessons learned from early projects like 'Animal House' and 'Diner,' why he sabotaged his own stardom after 'Footloose,' how he later reinvented himself as a character actor and why his attitudes towards television changed.

Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and produced by Matthew Whitehurst.

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