Footloose star Kevin Bacon has passed on some valuable advice to Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford: “Wear really tight jeans.”

Crawford is stepping into Bacon’s dance shoes for the remake of the hit movie, after High School Musical star Zac Efron dropped out.

And acting legend Bacon happily shared his secrets for the remake to be a huge success – wear the tightest trousers possible.

According to Kyra Sedgwick, Bacon’s actress wife, the actor gave Crawford the heads up on the role of Ren which he originally played.

She said: “Kevin said: ‘Good luck,’ and gave him a couple of thoughts but I can’t remember what they were.

“Something about wearing really tight jeans and Herbert Ross saying to him, when he was doing the final dance scene: ”These aren’t tight enough!’

“So he kind of warned Chace about it: ‘You’re gonna have to wear really tight jeans. Just so ya know’. ”

Sedgwick said she and Bacon recently met the Gossip Girl star at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and that their daughter is a big fan of Crawford’s.

She added: “”We were like: ‘If he’s good enough for her, he’s good enough for us’.”