Today marks the release of the new Footloose. And while I haven't seen the original, I'm sure this remake has high expectations (at least in terms of box-office gross). It stars former Dancing with the Stars pro Julianne Hough and former backup dancer Kenny Wormald.
Julianne Hough left Dancing with the Stars a couple of seasons back to pursue her career in country music as well as acting and so far she's succeeded in country music while only really jumping into acting just recently. Will this movie blow her up? I don't know. Lori Singer was the lead in the original and honestly, I'm trying to remember what she was in. However, Hough has two things going for her: charm and dance moves. And she's already had national exposure so this might work.
Kenny Wormald, on the other hand, was on the MTV short-lived reality series Dance Life which chronicled the lives of backup dancer. He's danced in videos like "Promiscuous" and went on tour with Justin Timberlake in 2007. But he really is an unknown. Kevin Bacon was very much the same way and now there's a cultural phenomenon named after him (6 Degrees of Separation). But the challenge for Kenny is that he has to bring his own spin on the role and make it a way in for himself rather than be one of those people on Where are they Now?
Only time will tell how this movie does, but let's just hope we forget about Blake Shelton's version of "Footloose."
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