Kevin Bacon reveals he hired a special effects make-up artist to disguise him in public with fake TEETH - but HATED being a regular person: 'This sucks, I want to go back to being famous!'

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Kevin Bacon has revealed he once hired a make-up artist to disguise him in public - but he hated not being recognized.

The Footloose star, 65, who has been a top Hollywood star for 40 years, said he wanted a taste of being a regular member of the public - but quickly realized he disliked not getting special attention from his fans.

He told Vanity Fair : 'I’m not complaining, but I have a face that’s pretty recognizable. Putting my hat and glasses on is only going to work to a certain extent.

'I went to a special effects makeup artist, had consultations, and asked him to make me a prosthetic disguise' before testing his new disguise at Los Angeles mall, The Grove.

The star - worth an estimated $45million - said: 'Nobody recognized me, People were kind of pushing past me, not being nice. Nobody said, ‘I love you.’ I had to wait in line to, I don’t know, buy a f*****g coffee or whatever. I was like, "This sucks. I want to go back to being famous.”'

The star is no stranger to a shock transformation. 

In 2000 sci-fi thriller Hollow Man, the star sported eerie prosthetics to play Sebastian Caine, a scientist who volunteers to be the first human test subject for a serum that renders the user invisible - but goes on a killing spree instead.

Kevin has a starring role in MaXXXine as private investigator John Labat.

MaXXXine is scheduled to be released in US theaters by A24 on July 5.

MaXXXine follows Maxine after she survived the 1979 massacre in Texas as she continues to pursue her dream of becoming a famous actress, while also evading the Night Stalker in 1985 in Los Angeles. 

The slasher film is the third installment in the X film series based on original characters created by Ti and starring British actress Mia, 30.

MaXXXine is a direct sequel to the 2022 film X in which Mia had dual roles as Maxine Minx and Pearl in the film set in 1979.

Mia reprised her role of Pearl in the 2022 psychological horror film Pearl that she also co-wrote with director Ti.

The Footloose actor met his wife Kyra Sedgwick on the set of 1988's Lemon Sky. The film was based on the 1968 play by the same name.

After a nine month engagement, the couple tied the knot on September 4, 1988.

The successful Hollywood pair share daughter Sosie, 31, and son Travis, 34.