KEVIN!
Although Macaulay Culkin performed the lovable misfit Kevin within the basic Christmas film “Home Alone,” the actor’s three-year-old son believes he’s the long-lasting character that his dad portrayed.
Culkin, 44, and his fiancée Brenda Music, 36, share two sons, Dakota, 3, and a 2-year-old whose title the couple has not revealed. The “Home Alone” star not too long ago instructed E! that his boys are such huge followers of the film, which propelled him to fame, that Dakota has blended up a few of his reminiscences with occasions within the movie.
“He thinks he’s Kevin,” Culkin instructed the outlet.
“I’m like, ‘Do you remember going down the stairs on the sled?’ He’s like, ‘Mmhmm, yep. Sure do.’ I’m like, ‘Do you remember when he had yellow hair?’ And he’s like, ‘Uh-huh, yep.’”
Dakota even believes he battled the film’s dangerous guys, Marv and Harry, who tried to interrupt into the McCallister household house.
Dakota instructed his dad that he “fought the burglars,” prompting Culkin to high school his toddler.
“‘You’re a lying liar who lies. That was me!’” the actor recalled joking to his son.
And whereas his children are huge followers of the movie, Culkin has to assist them observe the plot.
“They can’t really follow the storyline so I kind of told them the story as it goes,” he shared.
The “American Horror Story” star added that it’s comprehensible his children don’t understand it’s their dad within the film.
“I’m a lot taller now. I have a lot more body hair,” he quipped. “But yeah, that was actually me.”
Culkin’s nephew and niece, alternatively, haven’t seen “Home Alone.” Macaulay’s brother, Kieran, 42, who additionally stars within the flick, believes the film is likely to be too “scary” for his daughter Kinsey, 5, and son Wilder, 3.
“There’s still some scary parts,” the “Succession” actor mentioned not too long ago. “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.”
Nonetheless, Kieran additionally shared that this is likely to be the Christmas season when he lastly reveals the vacation flick to the youngsters.
“We think they might be ready for ‘Home Alone’ this year,” he revealed. “If not, next year.”
Kieran’s brother is “embracing” the beloved seasonal film as of late regardless of beforehand having hassle liking the movie.
“I’m kind of embracing it and, at the same time, taking the piss out of it, too,” he instructed E! this week. “It’s very rare when you have something that kind of encompasses an important day, and I’m a part of that. It’s more fun to embrace it than to fight it.”
