Did they use fake snow in Home Alone?
The movie wasn’t budgeted for fake snow – but then there was a blizzard. As associate producer Mark Radcliffe explained to Chicago Magazine, a blizzard on the second day of shooting meant that the rest of the movie had to have snow in the background throughout.
Did anyone get hurt filming Home Alone?
Daniel Stern’s most serious injury Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci take quite a beating in the two Home Alone movies in which they appear. Despite all the requisite safety precautions, there were still some injuries. The stunt that caused Stern the most pain is probably the one anyone would least expect.
Did Macaulay Culkin have a stunt double in Home Alone?
Though Culkin, Pesci, and Daniel Stern weren’t responsible for all of the falls and hits their characters took throughout the film, their stunt doubles did them for real.
Did they film inside the Home Alone house?
While the home was used for outside shots, the interior scenes were filmed on a set in a gym at an abandoned high school. A couple named John and Cynthia Abendshien owned the home when filming began in 1990, but they sold in 2011 for a reported $1.585 million.
What does Joe Pesci think of Home Alone?
“I thought Home Alone was a great script,” Pesci told CBC’s Midday, when discussing his career back in 1992. “I wanted to play it for the kids because I never get to work for children, you know?”
Was the tarantula in Home Alone hurt?
A quarter of a century later and the actor has revealed what we all wondered – yep, it really did hurt. The actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he suffered a fair few injuries on the set of the best loved Christmas film of all time. ‘I got a bloody nose when I had to stick my head through the doggie door.
Why was John Candy in Home Alone?
John Candy was offered a slice of the Home Alone profits for his cameo in the film – but he chose to turn it down. Throughout the 1980s, the much-missed pairing of writer/producer/director John Hughes and star John Candy brought us much-loved movies such as Planes, Trains & Automobiles and Uncle Buck.
Was the tarantula in Home Alone real?
The physical comedy is through the roof, but it still maintains the holiday spirit throughout the movies’ runtimes. Actor Daniel Stern once explained how the tarantula in the legendary Home Alone scene was a real-life, venomous spider.
Why was Macaulay Culkin replaced Home Alone 3?
Trivia (65) Macaulay Culkin refused to do this film, simply because he’d grown tired of the role, and felt that there was nothing else he could’ve done with it. Originally, it was planned to film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Home Alone 3 back-to-back.