Forty years after bouncing through its hallways while shooting Footloose, Kevin Bacon will return to Payson High School for an extra-special event.
The actor, who starred as Ren McCormack in the beloved 1984 film, surprised an entire gymnasium full of students there on the March 22nd episode of Today by announcing over a video call that he will be coming back to Payson High School on April 20th.
“We’ve worked so hard this year and done our absolute best to make this crazy dream a reality,” said Payson High School Student Body President Rubie Raff. “I can’t believe that it’s finally happening and that we can say we did it! It was all worth it—we got Kevin back to Payson!”