Director Chris Columbus revealed the secrets of the film “Home Alone”: details

Chris Columbus, who directed the cult Christmas movie “Home Alone”, broke his long-term silence and finally spoke about where Kevin McCallister’s parents got the money for a beautiful and huge mansion and why he chose Macaulay Culkin out of more than 300 child actors. He writes about it UNN with reference to the film director’s interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

Details

According to the publication, the screenwriter of the film was fully focused on the choice of young Macaulay Culkin for the role of the main character of the film, Kevin McCallister.

But Columbus still held a casting, meeting with another 300 children.

A complete colossal waste of time because then I met Macaulay again and it was magical

Columbus also commented on one of the hottest debates on the internet: What did the McCallister parents do to be able to afford that gorgeous house in Chicago?

It is noted that there were several hints in the film about what exactly Kevin’s parents do. For example, attentive viewers could pay attention to the mannequins that the boy installed at home to scare away thieves in the first part.

This could suggest that Kate McCallister, played on screen by Catherine O’Hara, “was a very successful fashion designer,” Columbus explained.

As for Peter McCallister, whose role was played by John Hurd, the details are somewhat blurred here – the director certainly did not pretend to be a profession. Kevin’s father could work in advertising.

However, one thing Columbus knew for sure: Peter had no talent for forensics and was not involved in “organized crime, although there was a lot of organized crime in Chicago at the time.”

We will remind

The iconic mansion from the Christmas movie “Home Alone” has found a new owner. The 836-square-meter estate with six bathrooms and a private movie theater was sold for $5.25 million.