Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford will headline the remake of Footloose, a development that has been rumored for weeks. The studio producing the film has finally locked up the actor, who turns 24 in July, for the lead role in the upcoming film.
The Gossip Girl hunk was said to be first in line for the role of Ren McCormack, famously played by Kevin Bacon in the original, ever since the producers' first choice, Zac Efron, dropped out of consideration after getting cold feet.
Now it's finally a done deal!
Chace Crawford is ready to get Footloose ... but with whom?
In the mix for the female lead alongside Chace are Heroes' Hayden Panettiere, Amanda Bynes and Dancing With the Stars' Julianne Hough, all of whom have auditioned for the part of Ariel Moore, played in 1984 by Lori Singer.
Footloose, to be directed by High School Musical's Kenny Ortega, is set to begin shooting in March 2010, around when Chace wraps Season 3 of Gossip Girl.
Congratulations to the Gossip Girl star on landing this new movie and branching out a bit from past roles. Click to enlarge more Chace Crawford pictures ...
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May 20th, 2009 8:29 AM
i think this will be fun for Chace. Nate's great and all, but he's not the spotlight character. Personally, i'd've rather had them choose him first than Zac Efron. I love Chace and everything, but i just want to run a comb through his hair all the time. but this is great for him.
May 20th, 2009 8:33 AM
Thank god it's not going to be zac efron. I love Chace, he's a great actor!
May 20th, 2009 8:35 AM
This is great. but how come you didnt report when Ed Westwick got the lead part in in Wuthering Heights? Thats pretty huge too. And I think Leighton Meester has a scary movie coming out soon...
May 20th, 2009 8:51 AM
Cool, it's a nice chance to show some acting (and dancing) skills. I like Chace, I like Nate (thou I think the GG writers hates him - and Serena - right?) so I really wanna watch the movie. I also believe Chace have a good voice, but I don't really know if his character gets to sing in the movie thou, never watched the original Footloose.
May 20th, 2009 9:40 AM
go chace!ur bangs better than efron ;)
May 20th, 2009 9:55 AM
OMG! When I saw this I was really happy. It's gunna be fun to see how he plays the character. I'm so happy Zac Efron turned down the role. Don't get me wrong, but Zac claims HSM and Hairspray, I wanna see Chace's ability at this. My friend made a video for all you Chuck Blair fans and it's really good. It's for her new song Good Girls Go Bad. It's gotta lot of good effects in it. Please watch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9sp7sYBMyU
May 20th, 2009 10:11 AM
i am so happy for chace! I just hope they don't pick Miley Cyrus, she would ruin it BIG TIME!
May 20th, 2009 10:18 AM
As much as I dislike Hollywood's attempt to remake 80s classics, 'Footloose' starring Nate Archibald might be worth the laughs (although I'd rather see him do 'Dirty Dancing' remake!).
May 20th, 2009 10:19 AM
OMG, not Miley! LMAO that would really ruin everything. I want Julianne Hough, lol
May 20th, 2009 11:03 AM
Maybe finally he'll get the chance to play a character who isn't just a flutuation that adapts to every situation.