Kevin Bacon Returns to ‘Footloose’ High School for Film’s 40th Anniversary — and Just in Time for Prom [Video]

Let’s hear it for Kevin Bacon — because the Footloose alum returned to the movie’s real high school 40 years later just in time for prom. 

After nearly 50 years in Hollywood, Bacon’s performance as Ren McCormack in the 1984 box office smash Footloose has not been forgotten. Exhibit A: students at Payson High School enthusiastically campaigning to get him to return to the building where he actually filmed in time for their final prom before the school relocates. On Saturday, that wish came true as Bacon set foot on campus for the first time in 40 years, perfectly timed with the movie musical’s milestone anniversary in February. 

During his visit, 65-year-old Bacon walked the halls where he famously danced in the film, opened the locker he used as his character, stood in the cafeteria, and met with the students that …