![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was three in the morning, and I was walking to get a cup of coffee. Director Chris Columbus recalls during filming, “I was up on 140th Street in Harlem. All the scenes of the house, and the surrounding neighborhood were filmed at the Hollywood backlot, Brownstone Street.Ģ0. The renovated house where Kevin sets up his traps is not actually in New York City. John Candy was, at one point, going to do a cameo in this movie.Ģ1. The scenes at O’Hare International Airport were filmed in February 1992, and kept their Christmas decorations up for the occasion.Ģ2. The airport had to stay operational during filming, and Macaulay Culkin’s newfound celebrity status required extra security due to fans and paparazzi. The airport scenes were exponentially more difficult to shoot than the first movie. In fact, several cameras froze during production because it was so cold.Ģ3. Director Chris Columbus recalled that the production spent a lot of money on artificial snow for Central Park, and then New York City had a blizzard. Do you know a good restaurant? Or maybe your parents they know a good place? Why aren’t you responding? You speak a bit of French right? I don’t speak English at all, give me a bit of help at least. When Kevin got on the New York City-bound plane he sits next to a French man asking him if he’s ever been to Florida, the man responds in French, what he said was “What’s that? I’m from France and I’m a tourist here, it’s my first time coming to America. O’Hara said she practiced her “guilty-sad” face at home.Ģ5. Catherine O’Hara was worried her character wasn’t trying hard enough to find Kevin. The swimming pool scene was shot at the Four Seasons in Chicago, Illinois, due to the fact that the Plaza Hotel doesn’t have a swimming pool located on-site.Ģ6. Even though it didn’t work, Macaulay Culkin was allowed to keep the Talkboy.Ģ7. All of the children who appeared in the toy store scene were allowed to take their favorite toy home as part of their salary. At the time, Pesci said, “He’s pampered a lot by a lot of people, but not me, and I think he likes that.”Ģ8. After one scene, Macaulay Culkin asked Joe Pesci why he never smiled. Macaulay Culkin was paid four million five hundred thousand dollars to star in this movie, the biggest salary ever to an eleven-year-old (at the time of filming) child actor.Ģ9. Let’s take a look at the 30 best hidden secrets that you never noticed about the film itself…ģ0. ![]()
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