Virtually 35 years after the movie first premiered, Home Alone director Chris Columbus is providing solutions for among the most incessantly requested questions across the characters within the film — together with how the McCallister household might afford their lovely house in Chicago.
On a latest episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, Columbus defined that the mannequins briefly proven within the basement of the home had been a touch that household matriarch Kate McCallister (Catherine O’Hara) was a high-profile clothier.
“The daddy might have, primarily based on [writer] John Hughes’ personal expertise, labored in promoting, however I don’t keep in mind what the daddy did,” the director continued. “Not organized crime — regardless that there was, on the time, quite a lot of organized crime in Chicago.”
Elsewhere within the episode, Columbus mentioned seeing over 300 younger actors for the position of Kevin earlier than touchdown on McCaulay Culkin. He additionally spoke to the roundabout method he landed within the director’s chair for Residence Alone: After a “weird” assembly with Chevy Chase for Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip failed to point a promising inventive relationship, Columbus exited the venture. Then, John Hughes recommended he tackle Residence Alone as an alternative.
In early 2024, the precise home within the Chicago suburbs was listed at a wild $5.25 million; the house had beforehand appeared in the marketplace for $1.58 million in 2012, and went by a quick chapter as an Airbnb in 2021.
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Columbus jumped on the podcast to debate his work as a producer on Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, which is now in theaters (learn our overview here). Take heed to the complete Awards Chatter episode with Chris Columbus here.
