Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick make their first film together in 20 years
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty ImagesDespite Kevin Bacon And Kyra Sedgwick Having been married for over thirty years, the husband and wife duo will have their first on-screen reunion in two decades.
Bacon, 65, and Sedgwick, 58, will star alongside each other in the Connescence, Deadline reported on Tuesday, January 30.
“We are so excited to be working together on screen again for the first time in two decades in such a funny, moving and original script,” they said in a joint statement to the outlet.
The film centers on Stan Olszewski (Bacon), a “sharp, funny, but chronically underperforming security guard.” He breaks up an attempted robbery at the home of Cynthia Rand (Sedgwick), who is married to former Watergate prosecutor Warren Rand (Judd Hirsch).
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“From this chance encounter, a charged and dynamic friendship grows – first as late-night texting sessions filled with humor and intimate revelations, growing into something that shakes the foundations of both their lives,” the synopsis reads.
Connescenceby Victoria Hill And Greg Clark's Fibonacci Films, will be written and directed by Michael J. Weithorn. Bacon and Sedgwick will be joined by Hirsch, 88, and white Lotus star Brittany O'Grady. The film is currently shooting in Brooklyn, New York, according to Deadline.
Bacon and Sedgwick have not appeared in a film together since 2004, when they starred in the film Caveman And The Bosman. Since then, he's led her into Loverboy and she's led him into it Story of a girl And Space oddity. She also had a brief voice cameo as herself when Bacon played himself The Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special.
The pair met on the set of Lemon heaven in 1987 and married in September 1988. Bacon and Sedgwig celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary last fall with a nod to the set of their PBS film.
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“It was 1987 – on the set of Lemon heaven – I met a man named Kevin,” Sedgwick wrote via Instagram alongside a throwback snap. “Happy 35 my love.” In a separate one Instagram post, Bacon wrote that “35 years feels like a heartbeat.”
After taking vows, they welcomed son Travis, 34, and daughter Sosie, 31. Since taking on the role of parent, Bacon noted that he and Sedgwick “really tried” to keep their family life separate from work.
“We didn't talk to our children about our work. And they never watched our movies,” he said exclusively We weekly in January 2019. “I mean, yeah, they were on sets… they were probably in their faces, just trickling down, but it wasn't like we were saying, 'Come on, look at what I did, look at this Unpleasant.' what I did! ''