Kieran Culkin Was Lied to For the Entirety of Filming ‘Home Alone’ With His Brother, Ended Up Feeling Sorry for a Random Kid for the Sake of Macaulay Culkin

Kieran Culkin admitted he had no idea what Home Alone was about when he and his brother, Macaulay Culkin, went to film it. He was only 8 years old when he had a small role in the 1990 movie, and his older brother was around 10.
Kieran Culkin in Home Alone / 20th Century Studios
In fact, Kieran believed the entire movie was about a random kid who worked on the set for a day. Everything only made sense to him when he attended the premiere night.
Kieran Culkin Was Pranked On The Set of Home Alone
While speaking at the Tribeca Film Festival panel (via Yahoo Entertainment), actor Kieran Culkin shared a funny anecdote of how he remained clueless about Home Alone the entire time he was on the set.
I saw it at the premiere and I was dying laughing. I was like, ‘Well, I guess that makes sense. Mac was on set a lot.
Kieran Culkin in Home Alone / 20th Century Studios
In fact, Kieran believed the entire movie was about a random kid who worked on the set for a day. Everything only made sense to him when he attended the premiere night.
Kieran Culkin Was Pranked On The Set of Home Alone
While speaking at the Tribeca Film Festival panel (via Yahoo Entertainment), actor Kieran Culkin shared a funny anecdote of how he remained clueless about Home Alone the entire time he was on the set.
I saw it at the premiere and I was dying laughing. I was like, ‘Well, I guess that makes sense. Mac was on set a lot.
- 8/6/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
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