When you turn on your favorite satellite television channel, thanks to an adequate number of really great dish packages, you are likely to come across a favorite dance movie once in a while. Maybe it’s Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, Fame, or one of the others that captures your attention, or, perhaps it’s that timeless classic, Footloose. Footloose is actually scheduled for a remake that will be out later this year, but the star of the original film, Kevin Bacon, went on to launch a successful movie career following the success of the movie. Later, fans would creat the famous Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game, in which any actor or actress could somehow be linked to Kevin Bacon by six or fewer degrees. Interesting trivia game, but it has generated so much interest that almost everyone has heard that term at one time or another.
So, what would a web of actors and actresses connected to the Footloose star look like, in 6 degrees, or less? Here is an infographic showing how Kevin Bacon is connected to some of Hollywood’s other top stars. It’s a fairly straightforward graphical image that connects people to one another through various associations. Click to expand, and enjoy!
