It was 30 years ago today, on this date in 1984, that Paramount Pictures released Footloose to the movie going masses. The film, based loosely on true events made Kevin Bacon a star & had one of the biggest soundtracks of the year. Tom Cruise and Rob Lowe were both slated to play the lead. The casting directors were impressed with Cruise because of the famous underwear dance sequence in Risky Business, but he was unavailable for the part because he was filming All the Right Moves. Lowe auditioned three times and had dancing ability and the neutral teen look that the director wanted, but injury prevented him from taking the part. Bacon had been offered the main role for the Stephen King movie Christine, at the same time that he was asked to do the screen test for Footloose. He chose to take the gamble on the screen test. After watching his earlier movie Diner, the director had to convince the producers to go with Bacon. Footloose also starred Lori Singer as Reverend Moores independent daughter Ariel, a role for which Madonna also auditioned. Daryl Hannah turned down the offer to play Ariel in order to play Madison in Splash. Elizabeth McGovern turned down the role to play Deborah Gelly in Once Upon a Time in America. Melanie Griffith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rosanna Arquette, Meg Tilly, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Heather Locklear, Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jodie Foster, Phoebe Cates, Tatum ONeal, Bridget Fonda, Lori Loughlin, Diane Lane and Brooke Shields were all considered for the role of Ariel.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:59:54 +0000
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