After 45 years in showbiz, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. star Kevin Bacon says he's having a great time playing against type. "I don't go out specifically and look for villains, but I've never been someone who's afraid of doing bad things in movies because people are gonna think bad things about me.
I think there are actors who are like, 'Oh, I don't want to do that 'cause that's not gonna look good.' Because for who I want to be in the public persona – I don't really care about that – I might be able to kind of separate those two things in my life," Bacon tells GamesRadar+. Beverly Hills Cop 4 sees Axel return to California to help Jane, while also reuniting with his old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Aston), to uncover a sinister conspiracy.
Bacon plays Captain Cade Grant, a corrupt police captain who starts lurking about when Axel's (Eddie Murphy) daughter Jane (Taylour Page) finds herself in danger. The actor is also set to play a seedy private investigator in Ti West's MaXXXine. "And so when you open that door, that means that you're gonna get some opportunities to play people that do morally reprehensible things.
I have no problem with it. To me, it's not so much about whether or not I'm playing a villain. It's more about, is it a complex part? Is it an interesting part, and is it, different from something that I've done before? And do I have a hook into how to walk in this man's shoes?" Bacon was just 19 when he made his feature film debut.
