Chace Crawford Footloose Movie

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By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (25)

The on-again off-again remake of Footloose is on again. Indeed, after Zac Efron realized that if he took Kevin Bacon’s role in Footloose that he’d forever be the pretty girl in all those crappy teenager musicals, he dropped out. But now, a replacement is official (although, it’s been rumored for weeks by people who are proud to be in that inner circle). Chace Crawford will take the role.

I have no idea who that is. But the pictures suggest he’s almost as pretty as Efron.

I hope to God that kid doesn’t think he’s straight. That’d be the self-delusion to end all self-delusions.

According to his iMDB bio, he plays Nate Archibald on “Gossip Girl.” Of course he does. You know: I was starting to get a little bored with the sudden surge of schlubby man-boys dominating Hollywood (Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen), but motherfuck, anything is better than the tousle-haired douche pancakes that are now starting to dominate. Give me Jonah Hill as the lead in Footloose any day over this perpetually nubile starletard. Hill can sing, too. You remember his falsetto in Accepted? Better yet, just get Charlie Talbert and let him spaz out on the dance floor.

And speaking of pretty girls, Footloose director Kenny Ortega (The High School Musical movies, duh) is currently trying to cast his female lead, too. And apparently Miley Cyrus is “in the mix,” along with Hayden Panettiere and Amanda Bynes. Those two I know. I only wish I didn’t. I think Cyrus would be a perfect compliment to Crawford. In fact, then they could retitle the movie: Footloose: Androgynous.

(H/T KatSings)

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If there's any justice in this world, this one will sink without a trace.

However, since there is no justice, I'm pretty certain we can look forward to Footloose part II, III ad nauseum.

Posted by: UncleJR at May 20, 2009 10:07 AM

Never saw 'Footloose'. Never will.
DID play every freakin', life-sucking, soul-destroying, brain-eating song from the soundtrack on the radio 3,000,000,000 times.

Won't see the remake of 'Footloose'. Never will.
For the sake of all that is holy, even if the movie flops, let the soundtrack flop even harder, so that balance can be restored to the universe.

Posted by: Spender at May 20, 2009 10:14 AM

I can't decide if this will be the whitest movie ever made or the gayest.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at May 20, 2009 10:19 AM

Have you SEEN Footloose lately? IT SUCKS. It's Flashdance-Dirty-Dancing-Days-of-Thunder bad. You know, entertaining when you're 13, but God AWFUL now.
Why on God's green earth would they want to remake that cheeseball of a movie and why would anyone choose to be in it?!

Posted by: courtney at May 20, 2009 10:22 AM

While it was no Harry and the Hendersons, I thought Footloose showcased some of John Lithgow's best work.

And Miley Cyrus is naught but a cleaned-up redneck, which would suit the role perfectly. Maybe Billy Ray could make an appearance.

Posted by: Clee Shay at May 20, 2009 10:27 AM

meh, he's not that cute. mention him never again.

and bring me statham.

Posted by: gp at May 20, 2009 10:29 AM

Ok, so I defend the casting of Ed Westwick in Wuthering Heights, but Chace Crawford should be allowed nowhere near a leading role. He's pretty, but he has 3 facial expressions: surprised, confused, and horny.

Posted by: Alli at May 20, 2009 10:46 AM

Tracer Bullet it will be the gayest whitest movie ever made.

I concur with gp, cast The Statham.

Posted by: admin at May 20, 2009 11:03 AM

HA! I was just coming to say, why can't it be the whitest and the gayest? ...but I see admin beat me to it.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at May 20, 2009 11:18 AM

Screw the calendar. At this rate we might as well start Pajiba & Fitch.

Posted by: branded at May 20, 2009 11:21 AM

CC really is too much (I agree) but you gotta praise a guy these days for an intact treasure trail.

Posted by: Natural 20 at May 20, 2009 11:50 AM

Footloose is awesome simply because of the end sequence when all these kids who've never been allowed to dance start busting out insane dance moves.
Just give me that ending and I might be persuaded to see it. On TBS.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at May 20, 2009 12:28 PM

There is no reason to remake Footloose. It was perfectly enjoyable in 1984. In fact, I saw it on opening night with my friends Jenn and Charlene.

Kids these days should get their own movie about a city kid who moves with his mom to a conservative small town where dances are outlawed.

"Nice tie. I thought only pansies wore neckties."

"See that? I thought only assholes used the word 'pansy'"

Posted by: tamatha at May 20, 2009 1:16 PM

I'm so tired of all those pretty boys. They all look the same with their floppy hair and girly bodies and small beady eyes. Like kittens. And I don't find kittens particularly attractive.

Posted by: figgy at May 20, 2009 2:01 PM

Mmm... kittens... sexy, sexy kittens.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at May 20, 2009 2:28 PM

You people are fucking insane. You're honestly telling me (for those of you penis-inclined) that if that guy tried to pick you up at a party, you'd go "meh, I don't think so"? Yeah, that's what I thought. Chace Crawford is fine as fuck, and ya know what else, he's pretty damned good on Gossip Girl too. Yeah, I said it. I watch GG. AND I LIKE IT! I mean, hell, it's basically Cruel Intentions: The TV Show, and how can you get any better than that?

Except for Glee. Oh Glee, thank you for filling the Ryan Murphy-Popular void in my life. If only they could find a way to work Nicole Julian and Mary Cherry into the plot...

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at May 20, 2009 4:08 PM

Pink Hulk:

Chace is not my type, but if he asked me out I'd probably spontaneously combust. Which is unhealthy.
Also (clears throat) I might have watched Gossip Girl. I also might own Cruel Intentions. No one knows, but there's a possibility.

Posted by: Sweetie Dahling at May 20, 2009 5:32 PM

Wait wait wait wait wait... you're telling me that Gossip Girl is essentially the serialized version of Cruel Intentions? Why did I not know this?! I LOVE (and also own) Cruel Intentions!!

Netflix, here I come.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at May 20, 2009 6:41 PM

Ahahahah.

Let's hear it for the boy!

Posted by: Captain Steve at May 20, 2009 10:36 PM

Captain Steve, you just made me spit water on my computer screen. Thanks.

Posted by: adam at May 21, 2009 2:06 AM

Now I gotta cut loose.

Posted by: Lucas at May 21, 2009 2:25 AM

See now, I just don't get why Efron pulled out in the first place. It's his thing. He's never going to make it as a great actor. He might as well pull another couple of million being a triple threat one last time before his boyish looks fade and all his fans grow up...

Not that I'm supporting this remake in any way shape or form. Or Efron's career, for that matter. I just don't think it's a wise decision on his part...

Posted by: rach at May 21, 2009 4:32 AM

I saw this recently on some cable network or another and I have a HUGE respect for the AWESOME power of Kevin Bacon to emerge from this stinker of a movie unscathed.

Seriously... I saw this thing, like, I don't know how many times when I was fifteen or so. But I was FIFTEEN, okay? This. movie. is. AWFUL!!! Not only is it bad writing, it is badly directed and it is badly ACTED, by EVERYONE but Bacon, Lithgow, Wiest and Sarah Jessica Parker. Not coincidentally, they are the four people who had CAREERS after this fucking TURD came out.

Of course, lest we forget, this fucking TURD was an ENORMOUS hit.

But NOBODY with a brain -- and that does not, of course, include fifteen year-old girls or studio executives -- could possibly watch this movie and miss the fact that IT IS EXECRABLE.

And so my hat is off to the UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME Kevin Bacon, who turned out to be, after all... Kevin Bacon.

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor at May 21, 2009 1:02 PM

By the way... does anyone else think he ended up getting just the slightest little nose job, making it look just the teensiest bit less upturned and thus... less... baconish?

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