Macaulay Culkin has been famous since he was 10. He was seen in the funny Home Alone franchise, playing the character of Kevin McCallister. Since then, he has been to the top of Hollywood and got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On Friday, he got a place on the stories’ sidewalk right before the holiday season. In the ceremony, he was reunited with his Home Alone onscreen mother, Catherine O’Hara, who played Kate McCallister. She gave a heartwarming, beautiful speech to Culkin who was stadium right on the podium beside her.
Macaulay Culkin was in tears in an emotional meet-up with Catherine O’Hara, his alone mother. They met in a ceremony to reveal his new star on the Walk of Fame.
Emotional Speech by Catherine O’Hara
In an emotional speech, Catherine reflected on seeing Macaulay grow to become an international star from the age of 10. She said Home Alone will always be a global sensation. There’s a reason why families cannot go a year without watching Home Alone, it’s because of Macaulay Culkin.
Home Alone was a massive box-office hit back when it was released in 1990. It made around ₹477M. Later in 1992, both the actors Catherine and Culkin came back for the second movie of the franchise, Home Alone 2.
She continued that they had the most suitable script and an excellent director, but it was Culkin’s ideal performance. He played the character of Kevin McCallister, which gave him a lot of adventures and gave the audience a fun watch.
She turned to Culkin and said, she knows that he has worked hard, she really does, Culkin made acting look like the most natural thing out there in the world. It felt like Kevin was a little boy in reality, everyone just rushed along to make a movie with him, and he was playing himself.
In the dramatic rise of fame, she said, this 10-year-old beautiful guy was a superstar, a moneymaker, and one of the hottest main men in Hollywood, how can one survive that?
She believes that he has certain gifts and qualities that were recognized by John Hughes. His sense of humor is a sign of intelligence in a child that is needed to survive in life. She feels that he has brought that sense of humor into everything since Home Alone.
She ended her speech by thanking him for including her onscreen mother, who left her twice. Later, both of them shared a warm hug and Culkin wiped his tears.
Natasha Lyonne Speech
Natasha Lyonne who was seen alongside Culkin in Party Monster which was released in 2003 was also present at the ceremony. She said that she was proud of him.
She said that she remembers their first meeting at a Lower East Side Bar. It was in the back of some random who cares spot. They both were about to begin shooting for a movie about Michael Alig’s murders in the 90s underground era in New York.
She was playing as Brooke, and he was playing as Michael Alig. She remembered him thinking of him as his friend, and they were friends.
Other Attendees
Other attendees were Brenda Song, his partner and their two kids, Rory and Quinn his siblings, Seth Green his co-star from Party Monster, and Paris Jackson, his Goddaughter.
Culkin’s Thankful Speech
In his speech, Culkin thanked Brenda and said she was everything. He added, she is the best woman he has ever known who has given him all the purpose. She has given him family, and two beautiful boys, and all three are his favorite people.
He also thanked O’Hara and Natasha Lyonne, the second guest speaker, for all their kind words and stories. He said that both made him look good in front of his kids. Furthermore, he added that he knew that he was not always a father.
Other than Home Alone, Culkin is also famous for his appearances in The Good Son, Ruchi Rich, and Uncle Buck. Entergalactic was his recent release.
