Nearly 35 years after the movie first premiered, House Alone director Chris Columbus is providing solutions for a number of the most ceaselessly requested questions across the characters within the film — together with how the McCallister household might afford their stunning dwelling 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 have been a touch that household matriarch Kate McCallister (Catherine O’Hara) was a high-profile dressmaker.
“The daddy might have, primarily based on [writer] John Hughes’ personal expertise, labored in promoting, however I don’t bear in mind what the daddy did,” the director continued. “Not organized crime — despite the fact that there was, on the time, a whole 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 means he landed within the director’s chair for House Alone: After a “weird” assembly with Chevy Chase for Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip failed to point a promising inventive relationship, Columbus exited the challenge. Then, John Hughes steered he tackle House Alone as a substitute.
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 short 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 right here). Take heed to the complete Awards Chatter episode with Chris Columbus right here.
