Abraham Lincoln is Kevin Bacon's sixth degree. Kevin Bacon is no stranger to the popular Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon phenomenon, but one of his connections surprised him.
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"Someone related me to John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, because he was in a play with someone in a silent picture, and then the linkages continued.
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So Booth was six degrees away." Kevin's connection to 1865 may baffle you.
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The viral game encourages players to relate Kevin to another familiar face through mutual costars in as few links as possible.
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Kevin has been in renowned films like Footloose, several Good Men, and Friday the 13th, so it's possible to connect to him in six steps or fewer.
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Kevin stars in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, airing on Disney+ on Nov. 25.
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The film also stars Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Pom Klementieff. The Guardians travel to Earth to find Peter Quill, the perfect Christmas present.
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Kevin was ready to plunge in without knowing what to expect. "I needed help understanding the plot. Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas special was enough for me, "He told E! News.
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"Yes, without reading the script. I wasn't aware I was portraying myself until [director James Gunn] told me. I figured it was another made-up persona."
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Kevin said, "Seeing Drax, Mantis, and all the Guardians on set was like Christmas in June."