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Very light hearted 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon

176 replies

Singlebutmarried · 11/07/2020 21:18

So you can apparently be connected to Kevin Bacon in 6 connections or less.

I’m connected in two.

My friend did a tv advert with him.

How are you connected IRL to Kevin Bacon?

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FedUpAtHomeTroels · 13/07/2020 11:22
  1. I was friendly with a woman who had a baby with with a now dead lovely actor who is himself 4 degrees from KB.
Moonflower12 · 13/07/2020 12:20

I think 4.
My friend sat next to Simon Pegg at school. Simon Pegg has a 'Bacon number' of 2 according to google.

Magicismagic · 13/07/2020 17:35

Excited I found an even closer link, I met Billy Connolly in a shop in Braemar and chatted about the fabulous weather ( rare here in Scotland). He and Kevin Bacon both won a golden harmonica on Craig Ferguson’s TV show.
So I have a level of 1

iklboo · 13/07/2020 17:51

I know Benedict Wong who was in Spy Game with Brad Pitt who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

Whatthefunk · 13/07/2020 18:01

My friend is a session drummer, for Julian Lennon, who was in a film with Whoopi Goldberg, who was in a film with Kevin Bacon

Whatthefunk · 13/07/2020 18:06

Oh I have another! My mum lived next door to Albert Finney, in Salford. He was in big fish, with Billy Crudup, who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon Grin
I'm practically Hollywood royalty Grin

Magicismagic · 13/07/2020 18:11

Oops sorry level 2 not 1, I miss typed

randomchap · 13/07/2020 18:13

4, via Dave Grohl

HasaDigaEebowai · 13/07/2020 18:15

Im a four through Catherine Zeta Jones and Jude Law and Heath Ledger. Im sure one of them must actually know kevin bacon thogh

Aliceinwanderland · 13/07/2020 18:19

4 I think, via DP and JK Rowling.

Iremembertheelderlykoreanlady · 13/07/2020 18:25

3 - my cousin was in a film with Joel Edgerton, who was in a film with Kevin Bacon

Zeusthemoose · 13/07/2020 18:36

I'm a 4. I met Richard Gere's son at a party and had a drink with him and Richard Gere is a 2 on the Bacon scale :)

HasaDigaEebowai · 13/07/2020 19:36

Those saying 1 - you're only a 1 if you personally know Kevin Bacon. So I suspect nobody on here is a 1.

I've just realised I'm a 3 not a 4 through Jude Law and Heath Ledger (since they are both 2s)

BlueMoonRising · 13/07/2020 19:43

Those saying 1 - you're only a 1 if you personally know Kevin Bacon

There was even someone saying maybe 0, so who knows, maybe he is on here himself!

I'm not convinced by the 'I lived in the same place as' argument either. On that basis I am a 1 with many, many celebrities and that doesn't seem right somehow...

SallyOMalley · 13/07/2020 19:51

I'm a two! Benedict Cumberbatch attended a film festival I was working on and it was my job to get him from A to B during the evening. BC and KB were in a film together a few years later.

I've got a couple of threes too, because of the same job.

WatchoutfortheROUS · 13/07/2020 19:55

3! I'm amazed, that website is cool

HasaDigaEebowai · 13/07/2020 19:59

There was even someone saying maybe 0, so who knows, maybe he is on here himself

Now that would be cool.

The rules don't allow an "I live in london/LA" connection surely

BeeFarseer · 13/07/2020 20:02

My husband was an extra in a film Samuel L. Jackson was in (and met him).

Samuel L. Jackson was in The Avengers with Mark Gruffalo, who was in In The Cut with Kevin Bacon.

I also have my own 3 - I met Simon Pegg who was in a Mission Impossible film with Tom Cruise, who was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.

MojoJojo71 · 13/07/2020 20:52

When I was 16 I bunked off school to wait outside a television studio in Newcastle where Bon Jovi wereappearing on ‘the Tube’. When they came out I was pushed aside by none other than Jon Bon Jovi, who was in Destination Anywhere with.... Kevin Bacon

Crankley · 13/07/2020 20:52

Billy Connolly
was in
Indecent Proposal
with
Demi Moore
was in
A Few Good Men
with
Kevin Bacon

Billy Connelly was my neighbour when I lived in London - he has a Bacon no. of 2 - no idea what my number is as a result of that.

KetoPenguin · 13/07/2020 21:06

Bacon number of 3, I once cooked breakfast (including bacon)for Ken Dodd, who has a Bacon number of 2.

OhMsBeliever · 13/07/2020 21:19

I've met Misha Collins who has a Bacon number of 2.

He was in Karla with Tess Harper (I've never heard of either of them), who was in Criminal Law with Kevin.

Exciting!

I will have to think of other famous people I've met. There's not many!

EnterNight · 13/07/2020 23:26

@OhMsBeliever

I've met Misha Collins who has a Bacon number of 2.

He was in Karla with Tess Harper (I've never heard of either of them), who was in Criminal Law with Kevin.

Exciting!

I will have to think of other famous people I've met. There's not many!

Ooh. I've met Misha Collins a few times AND carrie Fisher. It seems Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles also have Bacon numbers of 2 respectively so surely that means me and Kev are almost best mates 😂
ShellsandSand · 13/07/2020 23:41

I know Charlie Heaton from Stranger Things, who's in screen mum is Winona Ryder, who starred in Dracula with Gary Oldman who starred in Criminal Law with Kevin Bacon! So is that 4?

ShellsandSand · 13/07/2020 23:51

I just used the bacon website and Charlie is a 2 so a 3 I guess.