Celebrity True or False: Kevin Bacon on ‘Apollo 13’ and ‘A Few Good Men’ | The Rich Eisen Show

Actor Kevin Bacon joins the Rich Eisen Show in-studio to dish some behind-the-scenes dirt on ‘A Few Good Men, and ‘Apollo 13’ in a round of Celebrity True or False.
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[@rhondafortson5205]

KEVIN B is seems like such a genuine, real person. He is obviously, well spoken, great conversationalist, relaxed guy with none of that "movie star" crap!!

[@edkeaton]

Anything that Kevin Bacon is in, is always golden! Whether as the lead or as a supporting player, you can always get a great performance out of him! 😎👍🎉🎊

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

We love Kevin Bacon, just a real down to earth and grounded gentleman. Behind the scene stories like this is pure gold. 🎥

[@vladimirhorowitz]

I have a feeling Kevin Bacon has more than a few stories that would make his friends laugh at someone calling him a "grounded gentlemen." Could be, though. He's been with the same woman for years and doesn't seem to get into too much trouble.

[@lw3918]

Actually he's a typical Hollywood liberal.

[@josephkelley8641]

I'm so happy when the-good-guys make it (Kevin, Rich Eisen).

[@UpsonPrattJr.]

If you've ever seen Sleepers, you look at him a little differently.

[@melissah8415]

Ron Howard was not even nominated for Best Director and he should have WON for Apollo 13!! No one had ever directed in zero-g before and he did it amazingly!

[@stuartb9323]

"THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!" Now that's what you call a "Cult Classic!"

[@robertchutonogbanua2564]

I just re-watched "Footloose" (1984) last week and "Stir of Echoes" (1999) just last night. I love the fact that Kevin is from Philly!

[@MikeB12800]

My favorite actor. Never seen a bad performance. Seems like a good guy too. Him and Kurt Russell.

[@patrickzdanek2681]

Agreed

[@mqureshi79]

And Ethan Hawke… all three give off that same chill, awesome, honest and earnest vibe

[@MikeB12800]

@@mqureshi79 yeah, agreed.

[@kevinwhelan9607]

Love that you mentioned Kurt too.

[@diane8937]

Except for that one where he raped the boys. But he got it in the end, thankfully.

[@PS-cj2gn]

A movie star that could just sit down at the bar and have a beer with. Seems so laid back, props to him. Really enjoy Kevin Bacons work as an actor. Still laugh at the previous true or false where at weddings he would pay the DJ 20 dollars to not play footloose.

[@justayoutuber1906]

My friend did just that and he told me just as much. That Kevin is an awesome guy to crew, cast, and fans.

[@nobytes2]

I am a big fan of anything Kevin does such of great down to earth actor.

[@gobberlinder]

A Few Good Men is one of my favorite movies of all time. Apollo 13 is another great movie.

[@ScottCleve33]

My favorite Kevin Bacon film as a Marine is Taking Chance. In my opinion far better than A Few Good Men. Not as exciting but it shows the respect given to fallen Marines.

[@drexlspivey3047]

Far better? That is not a good opinion.

[@ScottCleve33]

@@drexlspivey3047 Then I guess it's not your favorite then.

[@sheilaclarke3707]

I can't watch that film without tearing up - a common response, I'm sure. It's a remarkable movie IMO.

[@josephkelley8641]

Kevin's never made a bad film.

[@barbeonline351]

Glad to see someone posted this already. I was completely taken by surprise by both the film and Bacon's performance. His subtle, emotional arc was masterful.

[@CardsharpChris]

Rich…love your channel! Been a fan since your days at ESPN. Thanks for the great guests!

[@josephkelley8641]

What a great speaker. (Kevin)

[@jmichaelewan8455]

Better living through chemistry 😂

[@dougdellwo3274]

Saw the Bacon Brothers at the Minnesota State Fair. Wow, great concert!

[@kcinks]

Fascinating !

[@desertdweller4501]

I have watched Taking Chance 4 or 5 times and, even as a guy, I have a box of tissues by my side.

[@HlifeRomania91]

Great film so underrated

[@richarddexter7641]

Love Taking Chance, such an unknown and underrated film. Murder in the First is another.

[@slimpickens3863]

You pleasure yourself to Taking Chance?

[@DavidLongo22]

They don't call it the Vomit Comet for no reason (lol), and the "cocktails" sound like some Saturday nights back in the late 70s.

[@darrellr.bacon4677]

The popular name for the plane and plane ride into zero gravity was called "The Vomit Comet". Heard about it decades on decades ago when it was a training tool for astronauts.

[@masspyro5167]

Kevin is one of those celebrities I would like to sit down and have a chat with..lol

[@josephkelley8641]

at 3:57 Kevin concludes the best movie anecdote I've ever heard (of about a million anecdotes I know of).

[@lawrencestrabala6146]

You were awesome in Taking Chance which I purchased.

[@---df5sr]

“Centrifugal force and gravity balance” thats not whats happening 😂😂😂

[@kookytoots6755]

Love Kevin Bacon in JFK such an amazing performance for such a minor role

[@jaycuthbert245]

"Times it by a zillion and dip it in chocolaaaatee" that's all a bloody hear every day at work booming out of the speakers from the radio lol the most American sounding man walking the face of the earth lol and because I'm english living in England, the accent FASCINATES ME! Lol

[@wschurchman]

Taking Chance. Still makes me cry.

[@tylerpeterson6187]

What they actually found was that Kevin Bacon is related to everyone with at most a 6 generation separation. So we all can play 6 generations of Kevin Bacon.

[@dulpurp]

Brothership.

[@robertleslie2467]

Kevin Bacon. Animal House. Dude's resume is a whole lot bettern' mine.

[@Advoc8te4Truth]

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are so sickeningly sweet that it's like having a hyperactive panic attack made of Sucrose?! I can't believe he made Footloose work he was so miscast but somehow still made it work. But my favourite Kevin Bacon movie was Murder in the First with Christian Slater. If you've never seen it, which not many did, it's really hard to watch but so worth it. Ultimately it's a fish out of water buddy movie in the most harsh environment possible. And Kevin was so good he even managed to get Christian Slater to actually attempt to act for the duration of a Movie.

[@HoldenNY22]

I saw "Murder in the First" a number of years ago. If I remember the Movie- he played agaisnt type- a [person wrongly convicted serving a long Prison sentence who If I remember the Movie is so Traumatized by being in Prison and being burtalized in Prison that he goes insane and kills somone/ Kevin Bacon is cast against type becfause he plays a very weak, damaged character. Crhistian Slater is his Defense Attorney if I remember the Movie. I, personally liked him or really hated his character, but he did a good job playing an evil character in Wild Things where he played a Cop who at the end of the Movie- we learn is very corrupt and Evil.

[@josephkelley8641]

Kevin can play anyone - the grimier the character? The more-spectacular the performance!

[@robertchutonogbanua2564]

I'm not so sure I agree with you that Kevin Bacon was miscast in "Footloose". I just re-watched the 2011 remake of "Footloose" starring Kenny Wormald. If Kevin Bacon was miscast, then Kenny Wormald was even more of a miscasting. Wormald delivered many of the same lines that Kevin Bacon did, and Wormald's performance was far worse, in my opinion.

[@Shelama]

A Few Good Men is my favorite Ken Bacon acting and role ever. He plays the oddballs and squirrels and kinda off-kilter or menacing types very well, but Few Good Men was his role & acting of all.

[@tb9489]

I think his best is Sleepers

[@edkeaton]

It's Kevin Bacon, not Ken.

[@jason2089]

Valentine in Tremors for me. I was a kid when I watched it so it holds a special place in my heart.

[@jaein7779]

That NASA flight is called "The Vomit Comet" for a reason folks....

[@rustyrazor1]

USMC! Kevin great job as a Marine.

[@JoshuaTootell]

4:15 Technically, Jack Swifert was Air Force, so not just Marines 😂

[@napoearth]

Suddenly i want to see Kevin Bacon play an old Jedi.

[@stephenlord7316]

I think it should be pointed out Rod Stewart pursued a career as a professional Soccer player after being the captain of his high school soccer team. He actually got an apprenticeship at Brentford soccer club as a teenager but quit to pursue music.

[@jpm74]

Jack Swigert was in the Air Force.

[@Goruthar]

"They're under the ground...UNDER...THE...GROUND!!!"

[@Justso_Weather_Vain]

Ron Howard not getting a nomination for best Director or directing for Apollo 13 May still be in fact one of the greatest crimes of all time…

[@TheDesertRat31]

"Marines have something very specific about them:" yes. It's called crayons. The crayon wax is why marines are like that.... lol😅😂😂😂 love ya guys, ftom: the army.

[@joshastana849]

That’s crazy

[@majorcalvary6515]

He is so underrated.

[@diane8937]

True

[@orpheus..]

LOL 7:35 I can't believe how casual he was accepting the fact that he and his wife are related to each other (cousins). 😅 I guess that when you're already onboard and super-invested in the trip you better enjoy the ride, huh? 😂

[@Dave_MB]

Ron Howard said that he ran into Steven Spielberg later and Ron told him that he actually followed his suggestion and Spielberg does a double take and said 'I was just joking. You can't shoot a film like that.'

[@kivimik]

Ultimately, Ron Howard proved that you could.

[@TheOneTrueChris]

Kevin says he thinks Marines are the only military characters he's played, but he's forgetting the fact that his character in Apollo 13 (Jack Swigert) was Air Force.

[@Soldier4USA2005]

He was probably thinking "in military uniform" characters, not just a branch the character happens to be part of like in Apollo 13.

[@mickfunny4185]

@@Soldier4USA2005 also he played a JROTC candidate in Animal House “all is well remain calm”

[@Soldier4USA2005]

@@mickfunny4185 Yes he did. :)

[@1789publius]

He also played Ensign Pulver (Navy) in a TV-filmed stage production of Mister Roberts.

[@mickfunny4185]

@@1789publius Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon, he was in everything 😂

[@werquantum]

Cool customer.

[@Hobbes1025]

Would love to know how he felt about Kevin Pollak doing the part after Nichalson left.

[@TheMeridian808]

I'm here just for the Jack story

[@jonathanlocke6404]

So for the zero gravity scenes, they were basically doing speedballs...

[@micahclawrence]

He’s too damn cool

[@Greatdome99]

It wasn't centrifugal force that made them float, the airplane was diving faster than if they were falling by themselves.

[@kevinwhelan9607]

I first saw Kevin Bacon as the doomed WASP Fenwick in Diner- he was so good and I'm not just saying that because I'm a Kev too. He's a good man married to a good woman- and it shouldn't matter to him that his father made cover of Time and he hasn't - yet. Having integrity in your work and relationships is the only legacy that means a damned thing.

[@frankcastle7036]

Watch the final scene again. When Nicholson is at Cruise's desk yelling at him he is wearing a tie and when he turns around the tie is gone. Obviously, the edit crew missed that one.

[@xvxv711]

6 degrees

[@DMalltheway]

Hugely missed in Tremors 2

[@jdstox1]

Pro tip Kevin......dont tell people about the wife is a cousin thing lol

[@RBGRBGRBGRBG]

I mean, they’re cousins nine or ten times removed or something, it’d be hard to know something like that unless your really knowledgeable about your own genealogy from a young age… but I do get the point tho, not a good look to say it as most people aren’t going to get that.

[@roysnider3456]

No wonder him and Kyra get along so well lol

[@chelbel2238]

Ready for another exciting movie?

[@jhanick]

He was jrotc in animal house!

[@donthoren8079]

And Jack Swigert, from Apollo 13, was an Air Force pilot!

[@bensondewalt8200]

Kevin bacon just admitted to doing coke in a free falling airplane. ✈️

[@ckmoore101]

He said speed, not coke. And the aircraft is not free falling, its in parabolic arc maneuver. If you apply yourself just a little more, you could squeeze a 3rd falsehood in there.

[@horacereynolds5851]

Really hope they can get him to be the next Freddy Krueger

[@kremesauce]

Casually drops he’s married to his cousin

[@olly7248]

Rob Reiner, director of ‘A Few Good Men’, tells that story the opposite way round… according to the director, Jack Nicholson opted for the off camera shots to be taken first so he could practice, when they pointed the camera at him he got it in the first take and it was no different to his ‘off-camera’ performance… why has Kevin Bacon remembered it so differently ❓🤷🏻‍♂️

[@swrennie]

Look up "Kevin Pollack on A Few Good Men"

[@user-gh1kp1ls6h]

Legal eight balls supplied by nasa. Whatta trip !!!

[@LivingOnCash]

It's hard to not like this guy. Loved "Tremors" but my favorite is "Taking Chance".

[@gregford9852]

Kevin bacon does a Tom hanks bio pic

[@JasonSmith-vj1de]

1st ? means they did anti gravity for 4h15m

[@opiokapi4418]

Apollo 13 🚀🪐💎

[@josephkelley8641]

Not a surprise that Mr. Speilberg knew the answer.

[@josephkelley8641]

(Zero Gravity nr. Mexican border)

[@f14flyer11]

They call that NASA zero G plane the Vomit Comet

[@patrick-ho5kc]

Kevin Beacon is a legend as a human and actor 🤙

[@jvamerica1703]

' you're a lousy softball player Jack!"

[@TrendSettaRico]

🤔 so we just glazed over the married to a cousin part.......noted

[@petejones879]

Wow nearly 8 mins to answer 2 questions lol

[@kenbourekas420]

6 Degrees

[@jeffreymeehan3116]

Tom Hanks said on an interview once that he thought Bacon smelled the best of anyone he ever worked with. Apparently he smelled of mouthwash and baby powder the whole time they were working on Apollo 13.

[@patricklavelle4615]

Well someone's lying. Kevin Pollak said it was only two takes.

[@raulduke6105]

She’s writing a sequel to Mein Kampf

[@tommysoprano1441]

Kevin bacon is amazing. Great guy

[@sailorbychoice1]

7:25 Once you get to about 3rd or 4th cousins there's damned few reinforceable negative genes in common~ the soup is rather thin by that point. It would be about the same as having 8 grandparents who were not knowingly related in any way, but had all been born in the same village.

[@trwent]

Brothership?

[@bostoncityofchampions6581]

Kevin Bacon in 'Hollow Man' groping Rhona Mitra is hot AF. Well, she is, anyway. He's invisible.

[@SJ-gc8mw]

My 65 year old parents don't look like Kevin Bacon.

[@Ruthhql320]

Do you miss Bill Paxton???

[@richarddennis3793]

if we ever get graboids know who to call

[@mphlohi]

Well I sure don't enjoy the idea of vomitting, I know the feeling from getting occasional acid reflux, but the idea of taking both uppers and downers at the same time scares me, wouldn't that screw your kidneys or immune system or something else up pretty bad?

[@blueknight5754]

Cocaine is a hell of drug..😂😂🤣

[@MarioCindric]

Well today actors and actresses don't need to repeat same scene over and over to be shoot from multiple angles, they have cameras and technology to shoot from multiple angles immediately. That's why we respect old school actors and actresses much more than today's. It was far far far more exhausting before.

[@badbirdkc]

Not really. They might have a couple, but all cameras and angles have to be lit separately. They still do lots of takes.

[@MarioCindric]

@@badbirdkc They at least do half less, that's huge. That's why we have movies made and shot much faster. Before actors hated to do sequels, because they couldn't play in many other projects and had to turn them down because schedules overlapped and were at same time, because shootings were much longer, today they don't have so much problems because they can easily do their scenes at one project and easily start with other. It's far far far easier today.

[@cdjhyoung]

@@MarioCindric Oh, and generally speaking, sequels suck. That is most likely why actors don't want to do them.

[@marioimolina]

Kevin Pollack said he pitched in for Nicholson's off camera work so Jack could leave after all his shots had been taken. So who's bullshitting? he he he

[@pkh6965]

That was the next day when Jack had to leave at noon. He stepped in to do it that afternoon. He’s said that in interviews.

[@chrisratcliff7466]

Finagrin (eye kant spel) and Adderall. Betcha.

[@clays1507]

Phenergan

[@al-bot1094]

Tremors and Quicksilver.

[@decencywarrior9598]

I think he is a distant relative of porky pig , Bebe bebe Bebe - that's all folks !

[@TheGodfather-bm3ow]

Did he just say he married his cousin ...

[@sylvesterstain]

Yes but as long as she isn’t his first cousin. They could be 10th cousins like Barack Obama and George Bush.

[@christopherliston2371]

612 dives.....nope.

[@browncmp]

Since Im ex active army... he says marines have something about them... yes its called ignorance. Sand flies and hills you tools. :p

[@NewfieLawNerd]

No wonder the three of them looked clammy and pale throughout the entire movie

[@thegoodfella2045]

I can never take this guy serious After his role in sleepers😶

[@stephanea5364]

What'S the problem with his role in Sleepers.

[@tb9489]

You’re a fool

[@Man-dl9ml]

@@stephanea5364 That movie is fantastic

[@chuckenomics]

Your true/false game suks

[@johnboylong40]

Pretty good movies but horrible politics

[@davidb6576]

Nope, great movies and politics. Say no to fascism, that leads to Russian-style corruption.