Kevin Bacon WHAT I KNOW NOW
Kevin Bacon says the only advice he would give to his younger self is: “Take some advice!” The Philadelphia native, 62, says that when he was in his 20s, he figured he had all the answers. “I thought I had an understanding of all kinds of things. I really didn’t!” Still, he says he did at least two things right – he followed his dreams of becoming an actor, moving to New York City at 17 to pursue a career in theatre, and married the love of his life, Kyra Sedgwick, 54. The couple, who wed in 1988, are parents to daughter Sosie, 28, an actress, and son Travis, 31, a musician. Bacon, who skyrocketed to fame after playing rebel Ren in 1984’s and went on to, and , shows no signs of slowing down. “A lot of people who are my age are thinking about pumping the brakes a little. I’m really looking down the road. I don’t have much of a rear-view mirror,” says Bacon, who stars with Amanda Seyfried in the new horror film (available on demand). The past few months Bacon and Sedgwick have been quarantining at home in Connecticut, getting used to their new routine. “We cook, we clean, we decide what we’re having for the next meal, and then we cook it, clean it and decide what we’ve having for the next meal,” he says with a laugh. But there’s no-one he’d rather be stuck with. “Her partnership is invaluable,” he says. And now, despite his youthful aversion to advice, Bacon has plenty of lessons to share about marriage, family and fame.
