Kevin Bacon wore a disguise to spend the day like a normal person and discovered it ‘sucked’

Dan Heching, CNN

(CNN) — As nan crippled “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” suggests, character Kevin Bacon is beautiful famous, and has been for a agelong time.

The “Footloose” and “Friday nan 13th” character – who’s been successful nan business for good complete 40 years and has 2 movies retired this week, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and “MaXXXine” – said to Vanity Fair for an question and reply published connected Friday successful which he discussed his longtime position arsenic a highly recognizable star, and really he precocious tried to spot really nan different half lived.

“I went to a typical effects constitution artist, had consultations, and asked him to make maine a prosthetic disguise,” Bacon told nan outlet.

Once outfitted and incognito, he went to The Grove – 1 of nan astir visited and populous commercialized centers successful Los Angeles – and was thrilled to observe that “nobody recognized” him.

He was thrilled astatine first, to beryllium clear, but that soon faded.

“People were benignant of pushing past me, not being nice. Nobody said, ‘I emotion you.’ I had to hold successful statement to, I don’t know, bargain a f—king java aliases whatever,” Bacon observed coyly. “I was like, This sucks. I want to spell backmost to being famous.”

Bacon, who is known for his expertise to represent a wide scope of characters from highly likable (see “Tremors” aliases “Apollo 13”) to highly sinister (check retired “Sleepers” aliases “The River Wild”), again plays villainous successful his 2 caller films.

He told Vanity Fair that arsenic an actor, he’s ne'er hesitated to play nan darker roles, since to him, “this is what an character is. I’m ne'er worried astir really group consciousness astir me. Work is astir becoming different group and becoming portion of immoderate story.”

“I don’t request you to spell to a movie and emotion me,” Bacon added. “If you spell to a movie for illustration ‘MaXXXine’ aliases ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,’ and I dice and you guidelines up and cheer, I’m like, ‘Great. That was my gig. That’s what I wanted retired of it.’”

“MaXXXine” is successful theaters connected Friday. “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” is streaming now connected Netflix.