One of the stars of the Christmas classic movie Home Alone has explained why he’s never at the anniversary events.
The film is globally loved
With Christmas quickly approaching, the festive movies are being pulled out for family movie night, and what better choice than Home Alone?
But while the movie is loved across the globe, one actor seems to be giving its anniversary events a miss.
Daniel Stern is one of its stars
Daniel Stern plays the role of Marv, one of the ‘Wet Bandits’ who target the home of Kevin McCallister – played by Macaulay Culkin – after he’s left behind from the family Christmas trip, alongside Harry, played by Joe Pesci.
He’s planning on skipping the events
Although Stern agrees that the movie is ‘full of heart’, he’s nevertheless planning on skipping its 35th anniversary events this year.
Since filming the movie, he has become an artist and a farmer, and prefers to stay at home.
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Stern explained his reasoning
In an interview with People published on December 2, Stern explained, “I don’t leave my farm. It’s no offense to the movie. I’m just … a phone call, Zoom call, I’m in. but… I’m a bit of a homebody.”
He added that he’s happy to know that the movie is so widely loved, but the spotlight isn’t for him.
He gets overwhelmed by the fame
“I love knowing that everybody loves it, but like, actual people come at me and say, ‘We love it’, It’s a little overwhelming sometimes,” Stern said.
The farmer added that although he had an inkling that the movie was special, he didn’t know it would become such an iconic part of the festive season.
Stern is proud of the movie
“I did know that it was a gem of a movie,” he said. “John Hughes wrote the funniest script I’ve ever read. I mean, I was rolling on the floor, laughing reading it.”
“It was so funny, but it was also full of heart and you know — the kid and the neighbor saves him and he and the mother reunite … I mean it was so emotional.”
He maintains that it was ‘so funny’
“It was so funny, it was so true and so I did know that,” Stern went on.
“I was hopeful that we were making a great movie. I had no idea obviously — no one could — of the longevity of its life.”
