The Bacon Theory is that any actor/actress can be linked to another by appearences in movies. This theory originated because of Kevin Bacon's appearences in many high profile movies, such as Apollo 13, along with many many other actors and actresses. There even used to be a game show to where the contestants had to link a specific actor/actress to Kevin Bacon by using the Six Degrees of Bacon. An actor is given a Bacon Degree based on how many movies it took to link an actor/actress to Kevin Bacon. For example, Bill Murray was in "Wild Things" with Kevin Bacon and therofore has a Bacon Degree of 1 because he worked directly with Kevin Bacnon. Simon Pegg was in "Mission Impossible III" with Laurence Fishbourne who was in "Mystic River" with Kevin Bacon and therofore Simon Pegg has a Bacon Degree of 2 because he is linked to Kevin Bacon by two movies. It is said that only 12% of Actors/Actresses cannot be linked to Kevin Bacon... shocking isn't it?
This can be applied to other actors, instead of using Kevin Bacon. For example, using Ben Stiller and Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks was in "Toy Story 3" with Whoopie Goldberg who was in "Pauly Shore is Dead" with Ben Stiller.
To make this very easy and fun, use oracleofbacon.org to link your favorite actors and see how high their Bacon Degrees are. Have fun!
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