The Untold Truth of Home Alone

There's a more to Home Alone than meets the eye! You'll be shocked at some of the behind the scenes action and untold truth about this family movie! Don't miss out on this awesome trivia for the original Home Alone movie. Old Man Marley Rising Originally, Kevin’s neighbor, Old Man Marley was not even a character in the movie. While quite the scary neighbor, he eventually teaches Kevin the lesson of appreciating family, turning home alone into a sentimental movie. Luckily, he was later added to the script by the director. Keep the Change The gangster movie “Angel’s with Filthy Souls” in Home Alone does not actually exist. Creating the memorable and quotable line of Keep the Change you Filthy animal, it was entirely a fake movie clip made just for Home Alone. Spider Myths During the Movie, Kevin puts a tarantula on Marv. This is an actual spider. Daniel Stern allowed a real tarantula to crawl on his face during filming. There is a rumor that the scream was actually dubbed and Stern had to fake the scream as to not scare the spider. However, this was not true. Tarantula’s do not have ears, and the scream did take place live on set. This was confirmed by Daniel Stern on Facebook in 2015. Too Much Method Acting Joe Pesci did his best to help Macaulay Culkin act. One of the ways he did this was by avoiding Culkin on set, so that the child would actually be afraid of him. This way Culkin could look actually scared during scenes together. Home Alone with De Niro Before Joe Pesci took the role, both Jon Lovitz and Robet De Niro turned down the role of Harry Lime. Joe Pesci excelled at the role, but it’s still fun to imagine Robert De Niro falling victim to Kevin’s twisted traps. Setting Records Home Alone was entered into the Guinness Book of World records for the highest grossing live action comedy. Internationally, it grossed over 500 million dollars. Considering Home Alone made its debut in 1990, that’s quite the feat. The Candy Man Can Not only did John Candy only shoot on set for a single day, but all of his lines were improvised. His character was inspired by his character in Planes Trains and Automobiles. Maximum Facts is a channel dedicated to bringing interesting top 10 lists, celebrity facts, shocking facts of the world, pop culture lists and reviews.