It took several weeks for the director Chris Columbus and his crew to find the McCallister house for “Home Alone.” Ultimately, they chose a house in Winnetka, Illinois, because they thought it was both warm and menacing. 'I took some pictures and sent them over to John, and I remember John saying: 'This is perfect. This is exactly how I imagined the house,' he told Entertainment Weekly.
Warner Brothers initially had rights to the project. According to Chicago magazine, a budget dispute occurred three weeks before 'Home Alone' was set to start. 'The question was, 'Do we lay everyone off?' the associate producer Mark Radcliffe told the publication. 'John [Hughes] said to just hold tight.' Luckily, 20th Century Fox acquired the rights to the film and production continued as planned.
In a 2018 interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Culkin said he couldn't watch 'Home Alone' without remembering a bunch of personal context. 'When I'm watching it, I'm seeing like - I'm remembering that day on set. You know, like, how I was hiding my Pepsi behind the couch. I can't watch it the same way other people can.'
Culkin's younger brother Kieran appeared as Kevin's cousin, Fuller in 'Home Alone.' The brothers appeared together on-screen again in 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.'
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