Christmas with the adventures of the film’s Kevin McCallister has been a long-standing tradition. Productions starring Macaulay Culkin and Daniel Stern have been appearing on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day regularly for many years, and the struggles of a toddler with two robbers have their loyal fans. No wonder that for many people they are as much an inseparable element of the holidays as the Christmas tree, sharing wafers, carp and gifts. In 2022, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the premiere of the film “Home Alone”, the sequel to “Home Alone”, he decided to tell a few details from the set.
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“Kevin alone in New York”. Traps for robbers are dangerous not only in real life
In both parts of the Kevin series, Joe Pesci played the role of thief Harry Lyme. Together with Marv (played by Daniel Stern), they bullied a little boy. He tried to thwart them from stealing in an ingenious way. In “”, the traps prepared by Macaulay Culkin’s character included, among others: a brick falling from a height, an electric shock, a fall from a height or an exploding toilet. In real life, these types of “accidents” would result in serious injuries, but in the movie they ended up with minor injuries. However, not all scenes turned out to be safe for the actors in the film.
Joe Pesci recalls working on the set of the sequel to “Home Alone.” He suffered serious injuries
Joe Pesci recalled his appearance in “Home Alone in New York” in an interview with the magazine. He admitted that the experience was not the most pleasant. “In addition to the bumps, bruises and general pain that would be expected in a film based on such physical humor, I also suffered severe burns on the top of my head while filming the scene where Harry’s hat is set on fire,” he said in an interview.
It’s about the moment with the previously mentioned exploding toilet. Joe Pesci carefully turns on the light bulbs. Finally, by pulling the string in the toilet, he activates the mechanism of the trap prepared by Kevin. As a result, his hat is set on fire. The film’s Harry tries to put out the fire and sticks his head into the toilet, which turns out to be filled not with water but with gasoline. – I was very lucky that professional stuntmen performed these more difficult stunts – added Pesci.
Source: Gazeta
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