Washington
(ANI):
Gossip
Girl
star
Chace
Crawford
would
be
replacing
Zac
Efron
in
the
remake
of
Footloose.
Crawford
was
roped
in
after
the
High
School
Musical
star
stepped
out
of
the
movie.
Paramount
Pictures
has
announced
that
the
23-year-old
actor
will
play
Ren
McCormack,
the
ebellious
dancing
high
schooler
who
launched
the
career
of
a
then
25-year-old
Kevin
Bacon.
Efron
had
told
EW.com
that
he
passed
on
the
role
because
he
didn't
want
to
be
typecast
as
the
usical
guy
and
was
searching
instead
for
"the
unknown",
reports
People
magazine.
'Footloose',
to
be
directed
by
High
School
Musical's
Kenny
Ortega,
is
set
to
go
on
floors
in
arch
next
year.
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