Macaulay Culkin was the protagonist of “My poor little angel” with only 10 years. Clarin archive photo
In 1990, at the age of just ten, Macaulay Culkin became famous as the brave and self-sufficient Kevin McCallister in My poor angel. The Christmas comedy directed by Chris Columbus was an instant global hit, and Culkin quickly became one of the film’s most wanted children.
Having worked alongside greats like Catherine O’Hara, Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci, Culkin is a true acting veteran and has the scar to prove it.
In an interview with Late night with Conan O’BrienCulkin recalled filming the scene from My poor angel in which Pisces and Stern, playing the incompetent duo of thieves Harry and Marv, hang him on a door. Harry tells Kevin: “I’ll bite your fingers one at a time”, and during rehearsals, Pisces physically bit him. According to Culkin, “he scored my skin and all!”
Now, Culkin has a scar on his finger. to remember the famous actor, loved for his violent and deranged characters in classic films such as Good guys, Wild bull Y Casino.
When O’Brian asked Culkin if he was mad that Pisces bit him, he replied, “Yeah, I did! I got really mad at him. I was like, ‘I don’t care how many Oscars you have! You’re biting a nine-year-old, what the hell is wrong with you? ‘”
Pisces: anger on the screen
Pisces may be small, but the boy is a rage on the screen like no other. However, in an interview with Noon of CBC, Pesci said he wanted to play the role of thief Harry Lime because My poor angel he had a “great script”, but also because it was different from the type of film he was starring in:
Source: Clarin
