Kevin Bacon is ready to cut loose at prom.
Bacon announced this week to a gym full of students from Utah鈥檚 Payson High School, where his iconic movie 鈥淔ootloose鈥 was filmed, that he will be making an appearance at the school鈥檚 final prom.
This comes after students launched a campaign to get the actor to attend the event. Payson High School is set to relocate at the end of the school year.
The #BacontoPayson social media campaign was a collective effort that got students involved in movie recreations and choreographed videos in hopes of getting Bacon鈥檚 attention.
In an announcement broadcast on the 鈥淭oday鈥 show, Bacon thanked the students for their invitation, calling the film and high school 鈥渁 big part of my life.鈥
When he announced he鈥檇 be coming, the students, who were gathered together at the school for the announcement, cheered.
鈥淭hank you, guys. Let鈥檚 dance,鈥 Bacon said.
鈥淔ootloose鈥 was released in 1984 and starred Bacon as a teenager who moves to a small town that forbids dancing and works to overturn the draconian measure. It all culminates in a prom scene that, surely in part thanks to Kenny Loggins, apparently still resonates.