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Macaulay Culkin finally answers huge question hanging over Home Alone 35 years later

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Published 11:07 8 Aug 2025 GMT+1

Macaulay Culkin finally answers huge question hanging over Home Alone 35 years later

The man behind Kevin McCallister opened up on his experience on the Home Alone set

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/First We Feast

Topics: Macaulay Culkin, Home Alone, Film, Celebrity

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin has addressed a number of rumours about his time as Kevin McCallister in the iconic film series.

The American actor, now 44, was the star of the Christmas comedy film for two titles.

It's still Culkin's most recognisable role, despite being an established child star throughout the 1990s, as he's still answering questions about it today.

The actor was also known for his relationship with the late Michael Jackson, and is now known for dating former Disney Channel star, Brenda Song.

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Culkin doesn't make many public appearances, but he recently resurfaced for a guest appearance on popular YouTube series 'Hot Ones', hosted by Sean Evans.

The former child star has now commented on the scripts of Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and his co-stars while getting some hot wings down.

Macaulay Culkin made a rare online appearance to answer questions about Home Alone (20th Century Fox)
Macaulay Culkin made a rare online appearance to answer questions about Home Alone (20th Century Fox)

Culkin spoke about rumours from fans that he improvised Kevin's iconic line 'You guys give up? Or are you thirsty for more?' and denied that it was his doing.

Apparently, it was already in the script - unlike another memorable moment, which he claims was fully his doing.

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He explained: "When I was at the grocery store, it's like: 'Where are your parents? Why won't you tell me?' and I said: 'Because you're a stranger' that one was mine, I did a lot of that kind of stuff'."

Moving onto the scene where Kevin finds a snap of his older brother's, let's say, less than attractive, girlfriend, he sarcastically says: "Buzz, your girlfriend: woof!"

Many believed that the picture was actually of a member of the crew's son, instead of a young girl.

Culkin confirmed the rumours, as Evans asked: "Is it true that the picture of Buzz's girlfriend is actually a boy in makeup because [director] Chris Columbus thought it would be too cruel to rip on a little girl that way?"

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While Culkin said you'd need to ask Columbus to confirm, he admitted: "That's what I was told, apparently that was the gag."

Culkin confirmed a number of Home Alone rumours on the show (YouTube/First We Feast)
Culkin confirmed a number of Home Alone rumours on the show (YouTube/First We Feast)

The man behind Kevin McCallister also admitted that his stunt double while filming was actually a 30-year-old man named Larry.

Apparently, when Culkin was asked to guess his age, he said 13, which left the stuntman in bits.

Then nine, the actor was deeply concerned for the safety of Larry, recalling the 'vicious' scene where Kevin falls off a shelf, which was shot a few times.

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He hilariously recalled: "They didn't like the way everything fell. And they do it again, and they do it again, and they do it again and I'm going: 'Please take it easy on Larry! He's only 13 years old!'"

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