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‘This sucks. I want to go back to being famous’: Kevin Bacon’s experiment as a ‘regular person’


The actor wore prosthetic teeth, nose and glasses to experiment with anonymity – but found queueing and a lack of adoration challenging

Immersive research into the everyday lives of normal people conducted by the actor Kevin Bacon has revealed some startling results: it’s not as good as being a celebrity. Bacon, now 65, made his screen debut 46 years ago, in National Lampoon’s Animal House, before starring in the likes of Diner, Footloose, A Few Good Men, JFK, The River Wild and Tremors. skip past newsletter promotion Take a front seat at the cinema with our weekly email filled with all the latest news and all the movie action that matters

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