Kieran Culkin has said he didn’t know his older brother Macaulay Culkin was starring in the 1990 film Home Alone until the premiere.
Kieran, now 42, was unaware of his sibling’s starring role as Kevin McCallister, despite playing a minor role as Kevin’s cousin Fuller in the family comedy.
While promoting his latest project, a film called A Real Pain, the Succession star told the newspaper LA times: ‘Devin Ratray, the guy who plays Buzz, lied to me and told me the movie was all about him.’
He recalled, “I had no idea what that movie was about when I saw it, and I was in it. I was at the premiere and I was dying of laughter. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen. I had no idea what the movie was about.”
Afterwards, Kieran said: ‘And when I saw it, the movie freaked me out, and I said, “Mac was on set the whole time. That makes sense that the movie would be about him.”
Kieran Culkin has said he didn’t know his older brother Macaulay Culkin was starring in the 1990 film Home Alone until the premiere; photo December 2
Kieran, now 42, was unaware of his sibling’s starring role as Kevin McCallister, despite playing a minor role as the character Fuller in the family comedy.
The younger Culkin said he was told to “drink this Coke, wear the glasses, say what you’ve memorized, look cute and go home.”
The feature film was shot from February to May 1990 and premiered shortly before its release on November 16.
Kiernan said it too James Corden in 2020 about his time on the Home Alone set: “I enjoyed doing it, but I really didn’t know what it was about.”
The star, who is now an Emmy winner, was six years old when filming took place, while Macaulay, now 44, was nine.
He recently revealed why he didn’t allow his young children – daughter Kinsey, five, and son Wilder, three – to watch Home Alone.
“There’s still some scary parts in there,” Kieran explained E! News at The Gothams’ 34th Annual Film Awards earlier this week.
‘For the three-year-old, there’s the tarantula (and) the guy at the end who said, “I’m going to bite off all your fingers.” That’s scary for a three-year-old,” the protective father noted.
Of himself and his wife Jazz Charton, he added: “We think they’re ready for Home Alone this year. If not, next year.’
The younger Culkin said he was told to “drink this Coke, wear the glasses, say what you’ve memorized, look cute and go home” when he played Fuller.
Home Alone was shot from February to May 1990, with the premiere taking place shortly before its release on November 16; the Culkin brothers pictured in 2000
Kieran and Macaulay pictured with their parents Kit and Patricia in 1995
Kieran unlocked a new level when he appeared in HBO’s hit drama Succession from 2018-2023.
The show starred Brian Cox as Logan Roy, the patriarch of a wealthy media dynasty.
Logan’s children were played by Kieran, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Adam Ruck, and other stars in the cast included Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun and Palestinian actress/director Hiam Abbass.
The show earned 19 Emmys during its broadcast.
Meanwhile, Macaulay has also returned to acting, with recent small-screen roles including an appearance in the megachurch satire The Righteous Gemstones.
He has also appeared in Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story: Double Feature and the cartoon The Second Best Hospital In The Galaxy.