Originally appeared on E! Online
Macaulay Culkin is giving away on-set secrets like it’s Christmas.
The “Home Alone” star cleared up some of the rumors that have circulated the 1990 movie for decades, including how he used his improv skills in the film.
Indeed, Culkin revealed that he didn’t improvise the iconic line, “You guys give up? Or are you thirsty for more?” — despite many viewers speculating that he had.
“Not that one,” he said during an appearance on the Aug. 7 episode of “Hot Ones.” “That was in the script.”
The 44-year-old — who shares sons Dakota, 4, and Carson, 2, with partner Brenda Song — did share, though, that some of the dialogue during Kevin McCallister’s trip to the store was improvised.
“When I was at the grocery store, it’s like, ‘Where are your parents?’ ‘Why won’t you tell me?’ And I said, ‘Because you’re a stranger,’” Culkin continued. “That one was mine. I did a lot of that kind of stuff.”
The actor, who went on to star in the movie’s 1992 sequel “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” also confirmed that the picture of Kevin’s brother Buzz’s girlfriend was actually a boy in makeup because the director Chris Columbus didn’t want a little girl to be the recipient of Kevin’s disgust.
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“As far as I know, yes,” Culkin said. “I mean, you’d have to ask Chris, but that’s what I was told. Apparently, that was the gag.”
Plus, the Playboy magazine in Buzz’s room was jerry-rigged to both protect the youngster and accomplish a gag. As Culkin said, “Because I was 9 years old, they pretty much glued all the rest of those pages together.”
Meanwhile, the “Righteous Gemstones” alum had a stunt double named Larry Nicholas who Culkin thought was 13 years old, but was actually 30, leading to a hilarious misconception.
“My memory of Larry: He’s climbing the shelf, trying to reach the thing on top, and the whole shelf collapsed. It was vicious that first take,” Culkin recalled. “They do it again and there’s another take and just boom. And they do it again, and they do it again, and I’m going, ‘Please take it easy on Larry! He’s only 13 years old!’”
Brenda Song’s latest role is a dream come true. The 36-year-old is starring in “Running Point” alongside Kate Hudson, which is loosely based off Jeanie Buss’ rise to being the president and controlling owner of the Los Angeles Lakers.
