"The Following," Fox's new highly anticipated psychological thriller is set to premier Jan 21. The show features Kevin Bacon as an FBI agent tracking James Purefoy's serial killer while finding himself in the center of a network of killers that have come together via the Internet and are set to do the bidding of their leader. Bacon, Purefoy and the shows producer Kevin Reilly sat down to discuss the adrenaline fueled show (LATimes, Jan 6)
"The Following" is Bacon's first full time television role. The actor confessed to being a movie snob and that taking a role on television was the end of an actors career. Watching his wife (Kyra Sedgwick) success on TV helped change his mind. Once he decided to make the jump he still didn't think he would end up on network TV saying "OK, I'll look, but only on Showtime and HBO"
The Emmy nominated actor is no longer a "network snob" is pretty excited about his new role and feels that it will be a hit.
"I think it's going to make a splash. I have a lot of ambitions for this show and I'd like it to be a hit commercially, I'd like it to bring home some trophies — and I'm pretty confident that it will."
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2 comments:
I’m very happy that Kevin Bacon decided to stop being a “movie snob” and went on to do this show! One of the guys I work with at DISH showed me the trailer for The Following the other day, and I think it looks incredible! It’s the show I’ve been looking forward to the most this year, so I for one and very happy that it’s almost set to premiere. I’ve already got a recording timer set for it on my DISH Hopper too, in addition to all of the other shows I’ll be recording so far this year. Good thing I have 2,000 hours of entertainment I can now store, because now thankfully I have plenty of room to record this show and all of the other shows I’ll be watching this year as well! I can’t wait to see what it’ll offer! :)
Kevin Bacon is always good and James Purefoy was great in Rome. This should be a hit.
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