In a remarkable tale involving Hollywood and hamburgers, US actor Kevin Bacon has threatened a restaurant in Buenos Aires with legal action.<\/p>\n
Bacon, 63, discovered during an interview on US talk show Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel that an eating establishment in Argentina\u2019s capital city is using not only his name, but his likeness, to flog burgers to the masses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a fast-food restaurant in Argentina and it seems to be called Kevin Bacon Fast Good,\u201d Kimmel told the actor while showing images of the burger chain and its social media channels.<\/p>\n
The star of films including JFK<\/em>, Apollo 13<\/em> and Mystic River<\/em> appeared unamused by the segment. He did not hide his irritation and made a warning which alarmed the business.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll be talking to my lawyers,\u201d the 63-year-old said.<\/p>\n \u201cI clearly didn\u2019t have photo approval,\u201d complained the Footloose<\/em> actor, remarking that, \u201cIt\u2019s not a good picture.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite Kimmel\u2019s attempts to smooth over the actor\u2019s evident discomfort with jokes, Bacon warned again: \u201cI\u2019ll be talking to my lawyers tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n The burger chain responded quickly once the interview went viral online. The Instagram account \u201cKevinBacon.FastGood,\u201d which had more than 45k followers at the time of writing, disappeared, as well as its official website.<\/p>\n The brand can now be found under the username \u201cKB.FastGood\u201d and its logo \u2013 which previously featured an image of the actor \u2013 has been replaced with a drawing of French fries, hamburgers and the letters \u2018KB.\u2019<\/p>\n The store\u2019s owners then posted a provocative message to the actor on their Instagram page in Spanish, which roughly translates to: \u201cChill Kevin, we\u2019re not just a pretty face. We also have tremendous burgers.\u201d They followed this up with a second image showing a poll with other famous faces and the question: \u201cWho will be our new face?\u201d<\/p>\n