Macaulay Culkin says he still has a scar on his body from when Home Alone co-star Joe Pesci bit him in a certain scene.
He spoke about it during the anniversary
Speaking at A Nostalgic Night with Macaulay Culkin, an event celebrating the 35th anniversary of Home Alone, Culkin said on Saturday, November 22, that he’s still scarred from one scene.
He revealed that his co-star Joe Pesci bit him ‘during rehearsal’.
The scar is still there
“He bit me during rehearsal. So, we’re rehearsing — the thing you have to remember also, I’m not really on screen with Joe and Dan [Stern] a lot of the movie,” Culkin recalled.
“They’re off doing everything. I was just talking to the ether.”
The pair were running lines
“So I didn’t really know him all that well. And so this is one of the last days of filming and I’m hung up there, so vulnerable — nine, not just a regular nine-year-old,” Culkin continued during the Q&A.
“And he goes to Dan, ‘Dan you want to run lines?’ So, he even asked me, I was like, ‘Yeah sure,’ because I don’t have any lines in that scene.”
The scene is near the end of the film
The scene Culkin is referring to takes place near the end of the film, in which Pesci, playing the burglar Harry, threatens to bite off Kevin’s fingers, who is played by Culkin.
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“He said, ‘I’m [going to bite] these fingers off one at a time,’ and then sank his teeth into my finger,” Culkin recalled.
Pesci was shocked at what he did
“I was like ‘ahhh!’ like at a kid and you should have seen his face because he took this tough guy and was like ‘oooh,’ because he knew he bit a nine-year-old. A nine-year-old coworker,” Culkin went on, adding, “Get HR involved.”
Pesci quickly apologized
“He was just like, ‘Sorry,’ and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, just don’t do it again.’ So yeah, it actually left a mark. It’s 35 years later, I still have this little divot right there. This is Joey Baby’s tooth,” Culkin said.
“Not the gold one. The regular one — So yeah, he gave me a souvenir.”
Culkin didn’t know Pesci well at the time
“It’s a nice story to regale you guys with. It’s worth it now, but back then it was just like who is this creep? I’ve never seen Raging Bull at that point,” Culkin added.
