Article: PLAYING HERO DOESN'T SUIT BACON'S DESIRES.(ACCENT)(Movie review)

Byline: ROBERT ABELE Los Angeles Times

Kevin Bacon is not the hero in his new movie, ``The River Wild,'' and he likes it that way. Not that he's into villains, per se he's played only one major baddie before, in 1987's ``Criminal Law'' but he modestly admits that he sees himself as more of a character actor than a film's heroic centerpiece.

``The one thing I've learned is that I'm much more comfortable in that skin,'' Bacon said recently in an interview. ``It's something I really respond to. I know what my day's work is about. When I'm playing the hero, sometimes I wake up and say, `How am I going to play this?' I've got nothing to hang my hat ...

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