Follow This: Kevin Bacon on Being Ryan Hardy

Exactly how many degrees of separation are there between Kevin Bacon and The Following's Ryan Hardy? Find out at this one-on-one conversation with the Golden Globe–winning actor, who will explore his acclaimed portrayal of the exceedingly dark and damaged erstwhile FBI agent in Fox’s first-year serial-killer drama, the leading candidate for top-rated new show of the season. Bacon’s TV career extends back into the late seventies and early eighties, when he appeared on the daytime soap Guiding Light, and includes the 1988 American Playhouse installment “Lemon Sky,” on which he met future wife Kyra Sedgwick.

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