I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.

I'm surprised by how many people have not seen 'Footloose.'

I wouldn't take on the project unless I could have complete creative control in casting.

I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an emotional climate to explore a town that has experienced a trauma and a shock, and starts overreacting.

I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.

I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.

Sometimes I feel that 'Footloose' is the rite of passage.