What Kevin Bacon likes about 'The Following'

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TV audiences -- now one degree closer to Kevin Bacon as the movie star makes his big move to the weekly lineup for Fox's new thriller the following.

Among the -- At 54 and they -- has been in more than sixty films and says he had been looking for the right TV project.

This theories about an FBI agent tracking that's serials killer sealed the DL.

I love Kevin -- play.

I love the fact that the character was here -- but at the same time in a mess I loved.

The twists turns and like -- he believed in the insanity of art.

You learned a few things about doing TV like how the -- process can keep you on your toes.

You -- -- has a little time to prepare and to try to think about where you're gonna have to go on this ride this week.

And and what I'm learning is that that's just kind not the way television works.

He's also found that he's able to add his -- good.

Rarely do I go to work now on anything and not have some -- and has been incredibly.

Open.

Of that from the beginning and -- You know welcome to my my suggestions.

They can appreciate how this new -- is kept -- close to home.

Seems that I never -- work.

When the idea came up of shooting in the year Hoss.

He's so asleep in my own bed and both my kids are in New York now and it's been fantastic.

Of the film and TV star still plans to make time for his music career as one half of the bacon Brothers.

I can't really get too far out of town to play in a lot of times our shows are all cross country because they can't get back account so.

Were -- -- some stuff here in town and working on some record a -- and you know try to fitted.

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Including his big TD -- debut Monday night on fox.

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