Chace Crawford (and Miley Cyrus?) to 'Footloose'

May 20, 2009 at 6:34am PST
Tags: Amanda Bynes, Chace Crawford, Footloose, Gossip Girl, Hayden Panettiere, High school musical, Julianne Hough, Kenny Ortega, Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Miley Cyrus, Paramount, zac efron
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

We were afraid this would happen.

Paramount Pictures confirmed yesterday that Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford will be starring in High School Musical director Kenny Ortega's remake of Footloose, which was originally supposed to feature Zac Efron.

Like we've already said: We love Chace on GG but he is no Zac-y Pooh or Kevin Bacon, and we're not sure he can do Ren McCormack justice.

It's also being reported that Miley Cyrus is being considered for the leading role of Ariel Moore, a part which was made famous by Lori Singer in the original. Apparently the filmmakers are very interested in having her participate, though Hayden Panettiere, Amanda Bynes and Julianne Hough are all up for the part as well.

Again, we love Miley, but we're not sure she's exactly Ariel material.

Sigh. We used to have such high hopes for this project.

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