Macaulay Culkin has revealed that his young children have ‘no idea’ that he plays Kevin in Home Alone.
It’s been 35 years since the actor, 45, first portrayed the eight-year-old boy fending off robbers in 20th Century Fox’s 1990 comedy Home Alone.
To celebrate the iconic Christmas film’s milestone anniversary, the child star made an appearance at a screening held at the Long Beach Terrace Theater, in California, on Saturday.
Speaking at the event, Macaulay said that he and his sons, Dakota, four, and Carson, three – who he shares with fiancee Brenda Song, 37 – watch the film ‘often’.
However according to PEOPLE, he said: ‘They have no idea that I’m Kevin.’
‘They’re only three and four years old,’ Macaulay added, saying that he is keen ‘to keep up that illusion as long as possible’.
Macaulay Culkin has revealed that his young children have ‘no idea’ that he plays Kevin in Home Alone (Seen in 2023)
It’s been 35 years since the actor, 45, first portrayed the eight-year-old boy fending off robbers in 20th Century Fox’s 1990 comedy Home Alone (Pictured)
However one night four-year-old Carson quizzed his dad on his family and Macaulay showed him a photo of himself with his seven brothers and sisters.
Carson was quick to pick out his dad in the photo and said: ‘That kid looks like Kevin.’
Alex D. Linz starred in Raja Gosnell’s Home Alone 3 alongside Scarlett Johansson, but the following three flicks from the family-friendly franchise streamed directly on ABC and Disney+.
Macaulay has even developed a concept for a potential continuation of the treasured holiday classic.
‘I’m either a widower or a divorcé. I’m raising a kid and all that stuff. I’m working really hard and I’m not really paying enough attention and the kid is kind of getting miffed at me and then I get locked out,’ Macaulay explained.
‘[He] won’t let me in. He’s the one setting traps for me…The house is some sort of metaphor for our relationship “get let back into his heart” kind of deal.
‘That’s the closest elevator pitch that I have. I’m not completely allergic to it, the right thing.’
In real life, the Golden Globe nominee has two sons – Dakota and Carson – with fiancée Brenda.
Speaking at the event, Macaulay said that he and his sons, Dakota, four, and Carson, three – who he shares with fiancee Brenda Song , 37 – watch the film ‘often’ (Macaulay, Brenda and son Dakota seen in 2023)
To celebrate the iconic Christmas film’s milestone anniversary, the child star made an appearance at a screening held at the Long Beach Terrace Theater, in California, on Saturday (Seen as Kevin in Home Alone)
On November 1, Macaulay did reprise his role as Kevin.
He was depicted now concerned for his ailing mother Kate, in the Home But Not Alone holiday commercial campaign for in-home senior care company Home Instead.
However, original Home Alone director Chris Columbus is far more sceptical about the possibility of yet another sequel.
‘I think Home Alone really exists as, not at this timepiece, but it was this very special moment, and you can’t really recapture that,’ the 67-year-old filmmaker told ET in August.
‘I think it’s a mistake to try to go back and recapture something we did 35 years ago. I think it should be left alone.’
Thanks to roles in Home Alone, Uncle Buck and My Girl, Macaulay had made enough money (estimated $15-17million fortune) by the time he was 12 to never have to work again.
Macaulay is next scheduled to bring his 14-date nostalgic tour to the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, Texas, this Saturday.
His next job sees Macaulay and Brenda voice lynx siblings Cattrick and Kitty Lynxley in Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s long-delayed animated sequel Zootopia 2 – which is released on Friday.
The ensemble voiceover cast also includes Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira and Idris Elba.
Also featuring are Alan Tudyk, Bonnie Hunt, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson and Danny Trejo.
