Kevin Bacon on subway: He isn't the only famous face to take public transportation
In a recent interview with , actor Kevin Bacon revealed that he rides the subway in New York City.
鈥淚t's the fastest way to get around the city,鈥� he said in an interview. 鈥淲hen I'm on the train, I play solitaire, Angry Birds, and backgammon on my phone.鈥�
Bacon has a home in New York with his wife, 鈥淭he Closer鈥� actress Kyra Sedgwick.
The actor also said in the interview that he had a disguise made up so he wouldn鈥檛 be recognized by fans, but that he was surprised by how he felt when he was treated like everyone else.聽
鈥淔ame is very much a double-edged sword,鈥� Bacon said, according to . 鈥淚 had a prosthetic disguise made, because I wanted to see what it would be like not to be recognised. I didn't like it very much 鈥� no one was nice to me. People didn't bother me, but they also looked right through me.鈥�
However, the actor, who is now starring on the Fox TV show 鈥淭he Following鈥� as a determined former FBI agent who is on the trail of a serial killer (鈥�Rome鈥� actor James Purefoy), isn鈥檛 the only famous face who takes public transportation. Actors including Katharine McPhee of 鈥淪mash,鈥� which has a set in New York, and Katie Holmes, who recently starred in a Broadway play titled 鈥淒ead Accounts,鈥� have been on the New York subway. Others who have taken the subway include Hugh Jackman and singer Rick Springfield, who started singing his hit 鈥淛esse鈥檚 Girl鈥� while riding and got others to sing along.聽
But McPhee told she stopped taking the subway after she had trouble the first time.
鈥淥n my first day of work, I said, 鈥業'm going to be a real New Yorker, get there on my own and not spend $30 on a cab,鈥欌�� the singer said. 鈥淏ut I went the wrong way on the subway, and when I asked for directions, the person in the booth was mean to me. So I ended up crying and in a cab anyway. Now the show sends a van for me.鈥�
One of the most famous stars to board the train recently was rapper Jay-Z, who took the subway to Brooklyn when he performed at the newly opened Barclays Center. A video of him speaking with a 67-year-old woman on the train who didn鈥檛 know who he was quickly became popular online.
鈥淢y name is Jay,鈥� he said to the woman, Ellen Grossman, asking her name.
Grossman asked him if he was famous.
鈥淵es,鈥� the rapper replied, then added, 鈥淣ot very famous. You don鈥檛 know me. But I鈥檒l get there someday.鈥�
When he gave his full name as Jay-Z, Grossman said she knew who he was.聽
