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Rob Lowe recalls disastrous Footloose audition which saw his 'knee explode' and him carried out on a stretcher after over-ambitious knee slide

Rob Lowe has revealed his Footloose audition ended in disaster after an ill-executed knee-slide left him needing a stretcher.

'And I hit my knees and slide across the floor into a lineup of [former Paramount Pictures CEO] Sherry Lansing, [screenwriter] Dean Pitchford, [producer] Craig Zadan' - with the star adding director Herbert Ross was also in attendance. The original musical-drama - directed by Herbert Ross - starred Kevin as Ren McCormack, a teenager who moves to a small town and attempts to overturn the local ban on dancing. Though it opened to mixed reviews from critics, it was a box office hit, grossing $80,035,403 domestically, and becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of that year (pictured Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer)

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