Hey you filthy animals, now it all makes sense!
The director of the beloved 1990 Christmas classic “Home Alone” has finally revealed what Kevin McCallister’s parents did to afford their massive Chicago mansion.
Chris Columbus explained, “At the time, John (Hughes) and I had a conversation about it.” hollywood reporter “And we decided what the jobs would be,” he said in an interview published Tuesday.
As told by the 66-year-old filmmaker, the film In fact Some hints are included. Take, for example, the dancing mannequins Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) places in the window to ward off criminals Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern).
Well, they actually belonged to Catherine O’Hara’s character Kate McCallister, who “was a very successful fashion designer” according to the director.
As for John Heard’s Peter McCallister? His job description was not written in stone.
“Based on John Hughes’s own experience, father may have worked in advertising,” Columbus said, “but I don’t remember what father did.”
But one thing was certain: all of Peter’s activities were above standard level.
“Not organized crime,” Columbus continued, “even though there was a lot of organized crime in Chicago at that time.”
The creative also explained how he came to cast Culkin in the iconic role, sharing, “That’s why John Hughes was a great producer for a director, and I learned a lot from him.”
“He said, ‘Would you consider meeting Macaulay?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’d like to meet Macaulay,'” Columbus continued. “What a waste of time, because then I met Macaulay again.” , and it was magical.”
After being on everyone’s favorite Christmas movie viewing list for 34 years, Culkin’s own sons are now a part of the phenomenon.
“He thinks he’s Kevin,” Macaulay told E! News about his oldest, 3-year-old Dakota, whom he shares with Brenda Song. “I’m like, ‘Do you remember going down the stairs on the sled?’ He’s like, ‘Mmmm, sure.’ I say, ‘Do you remember when her hair was yellow?’ And he’s like, ‘Uh-huh, yes.’
“‘You’re a lying liar,’” he recalled joking to his eldest child. “It was me!”
Meanwhile, Macaulay’s brother Kieran Culkin, who has 5-year-old daughter Kinsey and 3-year-old son Wilder with his wife Jazz Charton, revealed last month that he has not yet introduced his children to the film.
“There are still some scary parts,” the 42-year-old told the outlet. “For the 3-year-old, there’s the tarantula (and) at the end there’s the boy who said, ‘I’ll cut off all your fingers.’ This is scary for a 3 year old.
However, that may all have changed during the holidays.
“We think they might be up for ‘Home Alone’ this year,” the “Succession” star revealed. “If not next year.”
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