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All All. Sign In. Macaulay Carson Culkin. Macaulay's mother, who is from North Dakota, is of German and Norwegian descent. By the age of 9, the young actor had nearly upstaged star John Candy in Uncle Buck his deadpan interrogation of Candy was Buck's funniest scene. Then, in , writer John Hughes turned his finished Home Alone script over to director Chris Columbus with a suggestion to consider Culkin for the lead.
Though Macaulay was the first kid Columbus saw, he was skeptical about having him in the lead and saw over other possible actors and he admitted that no one came as close to being as good as Culkin. By the callback interview, Mack had memorized two scenes, and Columbus was sure he found his "Kevin McCallister". His next big project was My Girl in which he played "Thomas J.
Sennett", a boy who seems to be allergic to everything. Despite some controversy over the ending, the film was released anyway and proved to be another hit film for Mack and featured his very first kiss. In came The Good Son , which was the first role to depart from his cute kid comedies.
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He played a murderous little demon named Henry. Many people believed Mack had lost his touch, though, because he was no longer that cute tiny kid they saw in Home Alone In his parents, who were never married, separated and started a greedy legal battle over the custody of their kids and Mack's fortune. In , the young actor had reportedly said he wouldn't accept any roles until his parents settled their custody dispute.
That case would not be resolved until April when Kit Culkin relinquished control to Brentrup.