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.

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