Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, one in all Hollywood’s most enduring {couples}, are set to gentle up the silver display collectively for the primary time in practically 20 years.
On Monday evening, the celeb couple walked the carpet on the star-studded MaXXXine premiere, held on the TCL Chinese language Theatre, the place they had been joined by their two children — Travis Bacon, 35, and Sosie Bacon, 32.
Talking with ET’s Ash Crossan, Bacon shared his pleasure concerning the movie and mirrored on working together with his spouse for the primary time in twenty years.
“That is the best way we roll. We’re a healthful household that likes to return out for horror films,” he mentioned with a smile.
The actor could not assist however gush about Sedgwick, who dazzled in a shocking black gown on the occasion. “Sure, killer. I do know, I do know, I do know. She’s, uh, look, what can I say? She appears to be like higher and higher,” Bacon mentioned, clearly proud and enamored together with his spouse of over 35 years.
The premiere additionally gave Bacon a possibility to debate his and Sedgwick’s upcoming undertaking, a romantic comedy. Regardless of not having a finalized title but, Bacon expressed his pleasure at collaborating with Sedgwick once more.
“Yeah, we did a film. We’re nonetheless dialing in on what the film goes to be referred to as, however yeah, we did. It was actually enjoyable. We bought to behave collectively; it was actually a romantic comedy, and that is fairly enjoyable,” he shared.
The longtime couple, who met on the set of 1988’s Lemon Sky and collaborated once more for 2004’s Cavedweller and The Woodsman, are reuniting as co-stars within the upcoming movie.
As for MaXXXine, Bacon praised his co-star Mia Goth’s dedication and expertise. “She is so, so targeted. She’s so concentrated. She actually stays in it,” he mentioned, noting the depth and dedication Goth brings to her roles.
“I’ve labored with individuals that may actually flip it off and switch it on like a faucet, and that is high-quality as a result of what actually issues is what’s on the display, however Mia tends to actually keep in it and, you already know what, for each of these performances from Pearl and X, I meanm I used to be simply knocked out by her. So to get within the ring and, you already know, knock the ball backwards and forwards was quite a lot of enjoyable,” Bacon mentioned.
Monday’s premiere comes only a few days after Bacon walked the carpet solo on the premiere of his different movie, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
Bacon spoke with ET on the occasion, and mirrored on how this yr marked the fortieth anniversary of his breakthrough movie, Footloose — and the way additionally it is the anniversary of the final time he went to the Oscars.
“It was loopy. I used to be eager about it — I’ve by no means been to the Oscars since 1984,” he shared, including of that season of his life, “I used to be just like the ‘It Boy’ of the yr.”
On the time, Bacon attended the Oscars not solely as an invited visitor however as a presenter, handing out the award for Greatest Sound Results Modifying to Jay Boekelheide for The Proper Stuff. He offered alongside Daryl Hannah, who had successful of her personal that yr in Splash with Tom Hanks.
Curiously, this yr additionally marks the fortieth anniversary of the unique Beverly Hills Cop — a franchise Bacon is now part of.
“I beloved the film when it got here out, you already know, I do not keep in mind precisely the place I noticed it — it was most likely, I am certain that I paid cash for it, it was a giant deal,” he mentioned of seeing the December 1984 launch for the primary time. “I sat there with strangers at midnight and my popcorn.”
Moreover, Bacon’s new movie, MaXXXine — wherein he performs a non-public investigator named John Labat — is ready within the mid ’80s, in the course of the peak of the Nightstalker’s panic.
MaXXXine — a sequel to director Ti West’s acclaimed horror movies X and Pearl — hits theaters July 5, whereas Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F will debut July 3 on Netflix.
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