Nope, Macaulay Culkin will not do that face
Actor says he’s moved beyond role, has ‘already been there, done that’
Diehard Home Alone fans might want to banish Macaulay Culkin to the third floor for this news. No matter how many cheese pizzas you buy just for him, he’s not going to oblige you with the famous hands-on-face pose.
But it’s not because he’s trying to be a little jerk. As he told Ellen DeGeneres on her daytime talk show Monday, he’s moved beyond the role.
Though Culkin says he fields the requests from “everybody,” he declines, adding he explains, “I’ve already been there, done that already, guys. I’m 37 now.”
Culkin said he doesn’t often indulge in watching the 1990 film, in which his character creatively defends his home against burglars after being accidentally left behind while his family sets out on vacation.
“We did a 15-year anniversary DVD commentary,” Culkin said. “I realized I hadn’t seen it in like 15 years.”
He referred to the holiday classic as “background radiation at Christmastime,” a period in which he rarely leaves the house.
“It’s my season,” he said. “It’s Macaulay season. So, yeah, I try to go out less and less around that time of year.”
Culkin described his recognizable face as “a curse and a blessing.”
“I can get into any restaurant I want without a reservation,” he admitted, “but while I’m there everyone’s staring at me.”
Even Culkin’s former flame, Mila Kunis, recalled she “couldn’t walk down the street with him” in 2016 to Howard Stern.
Culkin took a break from the spotlight after being the face of several ’90s flicks, including My Girl, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Richie Rich, and didn’t resurface until 2003 with a guest appearance on Will & Grace.
He told DeGeneres hitting pause was “the smartest thing I possibly could have done,” explaining, “I was tired of it, to be honest.”