Kevin Bacon disguised himself as a normal person, but hated it: “This sucks. I want to be famous again.”

You see it often. Celebrities complain about their lives in the spotlight and all the cameras following them. But would they really want to go back to being normal people? Not Kevin Bacon, for one. The actor recently started dressing up in order to be able to walk around in the anonymity he craved, and he ended up hating it.

Bacon told Vanity Fair that he teamed up with a prosthetics specialist to disguise himself.

“I’m not complaining,” he said, “but my face is pretty recognizable. Putting on a hat and glasses only works to a certain extent.” He continued, “I went to a special effects makeup artist, got some advice, and asked him to make me a prosthetic disguise.”

Fast forward to Bacon wearing fake teeth and a fake nose. He completed the look with glasses. Bacon decided to try out his look at a mall in Los Angeles. And it worked! No one recognized Bacon with his new look. The actor was delighted and said, “No one recognized me!”

Kevin Bacon hated being normal

However, Bacon quickly realized that being a star was better than being a normal person. The actor quickly missed all the attention and special treatment he usually received. In fact, it sounds like Bacon has forgotten what it feels like to just be normal. His admission is sure to cause controversy. Simple things like waiting for a coffee made him uncomfortable.

“People were kind of pushing past me and not being nice,” he said. “Nobody said ‘I love you.’ I had to stand in line to buy a damn good coffee or something. I was like, this sucks. I want to be famous again.”

Bacon isn’t the only one who loves being famous. In 2019, Christina Ricci stated, “I’m not going to lie, I like being famous – I like being respected. I like that people don’t laugh when they hear my name. I like getting tables at restaurants and discounts on clothes. My life is exactly the life I wanted.”

Ultimately, Bacon is happy to be himself.

“I’m honestly very grateful for where I am now,” Bacon said. “Being able to put out two completely different movies in two days and completely different roles. The fact that I got both is what I’m most grateful for. I fought really long and hard for this.”