Why Kieran Culkin won't show "Home Alone" to his kids yet
Kieran Culkin was 8 years old when he appeared in "Home Alone" alongside his popular brother. However, he hasn't shown this holiday hit to his own children yet. Now he explains why.
The actor, who, along with his wife Jazz Charton, is raising daughter Kinsey (5 years old) and son Wilder (3 years old), played the main character's cousin in the 1990 film and its 1992 sequel. For the first few years, viewers overlooked that the little boy with glasses drinking a beverage before bed was, in real life, Macaulay Culkin's biological brother, the on-screen Kevin.
During a conversation with E!, Culkin admitted that "there are still too many scary moments" for his young children.
"For the 3-year-old, there’s the tarantula [and] there’s the guy at the end who said, ‘I’m gonna bite off all your fingers.’ That’s scary for a 3-year-old" he added.
Kieran Culkin on the set of "Home Alone"
In another interview with the "Los Angeles Times," the actor recounted his experiences on the film set, admitting that he didn't fully understand the plot while filming. Culkin admitted he had no clue about the movie's plot even though he was part of it. At the premiere, he found himself laughing uncontrollably, calling it the funniest thing he had ever experienced.
"Home Alone" is a film that brought Macaulay Culkin fame through the role of 8-year-old Kevin, who is accidentally left home alone and must defend it from a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve. For years, it has been a "must-watch" holiday film for successive generations of viewers. It is valued for its cinematography, screenplay, acting, and, above all, its touching story and humour.
According to Wikipedia, it stayed in first place at the American box office for 12 weeks and remained in the top ten for the following 10 weeks. The film grossed a total of over £387 million worldwide, with a profit of £232 million in the United States alone.
