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Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack Lori Singer as Ariel Moore Dianne Wiest as Vi Moore John Lithgow as Reverend Shaw Moore Christopher Penn as Willard Hewitt Sarah Jessica Parker as Rusty Frances Lee McCain as Ethel McCormack Jim Youngs as Chuck Cranston John Laughlin as Woody Lynne Marta as Lulu Warnicker
Tom Cruise and Rob Lowe were both slated to play the lead. The casting directors were impressed with Cruise because of the famous underwear dance sequence in Risky Business, but he was unavailable for the part because he was filming All the Right Moves. Lowe auditioned three times and had dancing ability and the "neutral teen" look that the director wanted, but injury prevented him from taking the part. Bacon had been offered the main role for the Stephen King movie Christine, at the same time that he was asked to do the screen test for Footloose. He chose to take the gamble on the screentest. After watching his earlier movie Diner, the director had to convince the producers to go with Kevin Bacon.
Footloose also starred Lori Singer as Reverend Moore's independent daughter Ariel, a role for which Madonna also auditioned. Daryl Hannah turned down the offer to play Ariel in order to play Madison in Splash. Elizabeth McGovern turned down the role to play Deborah Gelly in Once Upon a Time in America. Melanie Griffith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rosanna Arquette, Meg Tilly, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Heather Locklear, Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jodie Foster, Phoebe Cates, Tatum O'Neal, Bridget Fonda, Lori Loughlin, Diane Lane and Brooke Shields were all offered the role of Ariel, but turned it down. Dianne Wiest appeared as Vi, the Reverend's devoted yet conflicted wife.

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[manderin24]

Unreal

[Sandrakrogsgaard]

@manderin24 yes it is from a movie :)))

[sup2823]

I remember when I went to a play of footloose it was awesome

[sup2823]

Oh I remember when I went to a play of footlose it was good

[elferdinand]

the simpsons brought me back here =)))

[iDecepTiionzIDR]

good i like it :D!

[YudarSalan]

@OctoberMountainGirl i knew someone who danced foot-lose really. :)

[seli1523]

in my personal opinion, i like the new verison better ..... it creates more excitment and has real dance moves lol

[OctoberMountainGirl]

Great quality of a great dance sequence of a great movie. HOWEVER, since NO ONE had their foot amputated it isn't FootLOSE it's FOOTLOOSE!!!!