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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick do the 'Footloose' dance challenge: Watch the hilarious video

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Happy anniversary, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon
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ByGMA Team
June 29, 2022, 7:08 PM

Kevin Bacon has officially joined in on the TikTok "Footloose" challenge.

The actor, who played Ren McCormack in the 1984 classic, shared a video of himself trying out the viral dance challenge with his wife, actress Kyra Sedgwick, on Tuesday.

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"I don’t remember this being part of the original #Footloose choreography 🤣 but figured we’d give it a spin" he captioned the clip.

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The challenge is set to the film's theme song of the same name by Kenny Loggins.

It's unclear when the dance sequence became a popular trend on the platform but fans loved Bacon's attempt at it.

"Just like that, I’m back in high school in 1984," one user commented. Bacon himself liked the comment.

The actor has reflected on his time filming "Footloose" many times throughout the past decades.

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For the film's 30th anniversary in 2014, he recreated a famous dance scene from the film on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

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