Kevin Bacon has had a real father moment by praising his daughter Sosie for her performance in horror movie Smile.
Kevin Bacon is usually more than happy to discuss his own film projects, but in a recent interview he had the chance to praise his daughter Sosie Bacon and her recent success in the horror film Smile. While Bacon has dipped his toe into the horror genre in films like Hollow Man and They/Them, and his daughter has shown that she is more than capable of following in his footsteps. Bacon said to The Hollywood Reporter:
“She’s great in the movie. She’s fantastic. Little did we know that she was really interested in pursuing an acting career after that. But when she finally decided, in her early twenties, that this was what she wanted to do, she dropped out of college and moved to LA and really started doing the right things. Bang on the sidewalk, do self-tape after self-tape, and study. When she got this role [in Smile], even knowing how hard she had worked and knowing that she was good, when I saw the movie I was really surprised, not only how amazing she was, but also how difficult that role was, because it’s one of those parts where there’s is not a break. Usually you start and the character is pretty happy, you know, 15 minutes or 20 minutes before everything gets awful. But that’s a movie where the stress level is [insane]. I was very proud of her. In a strange way, we have a horror tradition in our family. One of my earliest movies was the very first Friday the 13th.”
How did Kevin Bacon become a horror movie icon?
Kevin Bacon made his film debut in a low-budget horror movie called Friday the 13th. Although his character did not survive the film, the film became one of the most prolific horror franchises in cinema history and Bacon continued to fall into the genre with a number of classic films.
Whether serious movies like Flatliners and Rudder of echoesor the comic horror of vibrationsKevin Bacon has already left his mark on the genre and he doesn’t look like he’s done yet as he will follow up on this year’s slasher movie she she with an appearance as the villain in The poisonous avenger remake with Peter Dinklage.
It looks like daughter Sosie won’t be far behind him either, because the success of SmileAcclaimed by critics, audiences and even horror master Stephen King, it has put her at the forefront and center of many producers and directors in their search for new films. Although it looks like there will be no sequel to Smile in the near future, the actress clearly has a bright future in both the horror genre and Hollywood in general. Who knows, after being directed by her father on her film debut in 2005, the pair may soon be able to star on screen side by side.