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Kevin Bacon cast as villain in ‘The Toxic Avenger’ remake
The Toxic Avenger.The Footloose and Mystic River actor is set to portray a villain opposite Peter Dinklage, who is slated to star as the film’s title character, per The Hollywood Reporter.The 1984 low-budget superhero comedy, which saw Mitch Cohen star in the lead role, follows Melvin Ferd, a mop boy who gets pushed in a vat of toxic waste which transforms him into the Toxic Avenger.Created on a miniature budget, the splatter movie went on to become a cult classic; it spawned three film sequels – 1989’s The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation Of Toxie, and 2000’s Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV – a TV series, a video game and a 2008 rock musical.It’s not been made clear if Bacon will play criminal
