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Tattle: Red boots staying in new 'Footloose'

ARIEL STILL WEARS the red boots. As much as fans of the 1984 "Footloose" remember the dancing and that inescapable soundtrack, they will remember heroine

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ARIEL STILL WEARS the red boots.

As much as fans of the 1984 "Footloose" remember the dancing and that inescapable soundtrack, they will remember heroine

Ariel's red cowboy boots.

In Craig Brewer's remake, in theaters today (review, Page 32), Ariel, this time played by "Dancing with the Stars"' Julianne Hough, still sports those fire engine-red hoofers.

Last month, Hough and her "Footloose" co-star, Kenny Wormald, visited the Voice, a multimedia center in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, run by the Ryan Seacrest Foundation. Seacrest happens to be Hough's main squeeze. "I'm so proud. His mom, dad and his sister run the foundation and I know how much love they put into it," Hough said. "They love this; they love being a part of this and giving back to these kids."

But back to those red boots.

"It was a crucial decision to leave some of that in there for the original fans," Hough said. "Craig Brewer was a huge fan of the original. He wanted to find ways to incorporate the old with the new."

But Wormald, who plays Ren McCormack, the role originally played by Kevin Bacon, added that just because there are winks and nods to the original doesn't mean it's the same movie. The heart is the same, Wormald said, laying on his thick Bah-ston accent, but it's fleshed out. "When [Brewer] first saw the movie, he was 13 so he felt like Ren McCormack in that he wanted to fight the law, but now he's an adult, he's a parent so he's all about protecting his own kids. We need to weave that side of the story into this version so it's not like 'If you dance, you'll go to hell.' "

While Hough was a household name, appearing as a dance partner on "DWTS," Wormald was a dancer before he got into the acting game, touring with Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake and Mariah Carey. The role was originally offered to Zac Efron and then "Gossip Girl"'s Chase Crawford. But Brewer wanted an unknown.

"They knew I could dance, but I wanted to prove to them I could act," Wormald said about his audition. "I remember getting a call from Craig Brewer and he said 'You booked this movie and it wasn't because of your dancing.' Right from there I felt comfortable with what I was doing."

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