Macauley Culkin Wanted to Buy OG Home Alone House
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00:00I would not be afraid to be at home alone.
00:04No.
00:05Next year marks 35 years since Home Alone premiered,
00:08raking in 476 million at the box office.
00:12Now, Macaulay Culkin is sharing new details
00:15on his role as Kevin McCallister.
00:18This is my house.
00:19I have to defend it.
00:21The 44-year-old says he considered buying
00:23the original Winnetka, Illinois home used in the film
00:26just for giggles, telling a Q&A panel
00:29his plan was to turn it into a movie funhouse.
00:32He also opened up about his relationship
00:34with his big screen mom, Catherine O'Hara.
00:37Merry Christmas, sweetheart.
00:38He's great, very smart.
00:41Little alien.
00:42How does he do what he does at that age?
00:44Macaulay told the Chicago audience
00:46they still call each other mom and son.
00:49The duo reunited just last year
00:51at his Walk of Fame ceremony.
00:53I'm so proud of you.
00:56As for this scene?
00:58First thing I'm gonna do is bite off
01:00every one of these little fingers.
01:02Macaulay claims Joe Pesci actually bit his finger
01:05because he wanted to scare the then nine-year-old.
01:08Culkin says he has a scar.
01:10Joe is, he's wonderful.
01:12I love him, he's a dear friend,
01:13but he's a scary dude, you know?
01:15I think he did bite it.
01:16He was biting his finger and then he bit it
01:18and it was like, oh, crap, I didn't really mean to.
01:21Joe was like, oh, I'm sorry I did that,
01:23but only time you might see Pesci break.
01:26This morning, we spoke with Joe's wet bandit partner
01:29in crime Daniel Stern for ET's Then and Now.
01:32It's interesting, Daniel originally backed out of the movie
01:35when they extended his contract from six to eight weeks
01:39because he didn't wanna be away from his kids.
01:41It was the stupidest, most short-sighted decision
01:48an actor could have ever made
01:50and somehow by the grace of God, it came back to me.
01:56The sequel came out in 92.
01:58Daniel demanded 1.5 million to return
02:00in comparison to Joe Pesci's estimated three million
02:03and 1% of the profits.
02:06So how much extra did he pocket?
02:08Almost $3.6 million.
02:11His splurge?
02:12I bought off my house.
02:14That sort of bought me my freedom
02:16and in that way, you know, it changed my life.
02:21Nowadays, the 67-year-old lives on a farm in California,
02:24recently posting TikToks
02:26to show off his surprising career turn.
02:28This is a body of a dancer I'm making.
02:31I've been doing sculpture now for about 20 years.
02:33It's really my full-time job.
02:35It's taken me a long time to admit it
02:37and I hope it doesn't sound pretentious,
02:39but I'm an artist.
02:41Daniel also juices the fruit from their land
02:43and takes care of their farm animals.
02:46He also wrote a book.
02:47It's called Home Alone.
02:49I'm writing this for the grandkids and the great-grandkids.
02:52If they ever see Home Alone,
02:53Home Alone's still playing in 50 years when I'm gone.
02:57I want them to know the story of my wife and I,
03:00like how this happened.