Given the choice, most people would probably prefer to spend their time with Nicole Kidman than Richard Nixon. For the legendary Kevin Bacon, however, the future he's chosen is quite different. And it's a future that doesn't involve a certain high-profile epic that's mistakingly been associated with him...December's "Golden Compass" (more on that in a bit).
"I'm going to go right from [the HBO military film 'Taking Chances'] which I'm doing now to 'Frost/Nixon'," Bacon said of his upcoming movie translation of the critically-acclaimed stage show about the downfall of the American president. "It's a fantastic play with an amazing group of people including Michael Sheen ('Blood Diamond'), and Frank Langella playing Nixon, with Ron Howard directing." Read more...