Bacon attends premiere of 'Taking Chance' film

Kevin Bacon's latest role focuses on an assignment that generally goes unnoticed — the task of a volunteer military escort.

The 50-year-old actor was in Washington, D.C., for the premiere of "Taking Chance" at the Motion Picture Association of America. The film premieres Feb. 21 on HBO.

The film is based on the first-person account of Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, who escorted the remains of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to the Marine's hometown in Dubois, Wyo. Bacon stars as Strobl, who served as the military consultant for the film and co-wrote the screenplay. Phelps, 19, was killed while on a convoy in Iraq, two months after arriving there.