Chace Crawford: Describes intense training for 'Footloose' remake

Chace Crawford: Describes intense training for 'Footloose' remake

Over the past years on "Gossip Girl," actor Chace Crawford has been working very hard, thereby punching his card. Now, he is ready to make his leading-man debut in Hollywood, and now it is time to tear up this town. In short he has been getting ready to cut loose, "Footloose," and kick off his Sunday shoes.

'I'm getting muscles that I didn't even know were there worked out,' added the 'Gossip Girl' star in a jovial mood.

Chace Crawford told a famous music channel at the Teen Choice Awards, thereby discussing his soon-to-shoot remake of the Kevin Bacon dance classic, "We were good to squeeze it in during the hiatus between the third and fourth ['Gossip'] season," "It's great. I'm training right now in New York, and it's pretty intense.

He grinned, "I'm more like [Chris Penn's character] Willard, trying to learn the dances at this point,"  "I'm getting muscles that I didn't even know were there worked out."

A lot of eyebrows were raised around Hollywood when a modern-day remake of the film that made Bacon a household name was announced. At first, Zac Efron was scheduled to step into the role of Ren McCormack — a Chicago boy who shakes up a small town where rock music and dancing are illegal.

However after the "High School Musical" star took decision of  taking a break from getting his boogie on, Crawford decided it was time to cut footloose.

Regarding the script Chace Crawford said of the script that he will begin shooting soon.

He said, "It's a modern adaptation,"  "['Erin Brockovich' writer] Susannah Grant adapted it, and she's amazing. It's gonna be different, but they've also got nice moments woven in there from the original; some of the other stuff is cut out."

Though some might expect there to be pressure on Crawford to re-create Bacon's iconic 1984 performance, the 24-year-old star Chace insisted that it would not be on his mind.

He continued, "I want to do something different. No one wants to imitate," he explained. "It's gonna be one of those things. I'm just thrilled that he's supporting it."