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How Macaulay Culkin shattered wholesome Home Alone image playing a murderous child in thriller with Elijah Wood - as star prepares for return to spotlight with his siblings


Macaulay Culkin shot to fame as the sassy Kevin McCallister in iconic 1990 film Home Alone, carving out his reputation as the number-one child star in the world.

Fans of the kindhearted Kevin were left reeling as babyfaced Culkin — then 12 — dropped the F-bomb, tortured his cousin (played by future star Elijah Wood) and killed off his sibling — before attempting to murder his mother by pushing her off a cliff. Fans of the kindhearted Kevin were left reeling as babyfaced Culkin — then 12 — dropped the F-bomb, tortured his cousin (played by future star Elijah Wood) and killed off his sibling, before attempting to murder his mother by pushing her off a cliff 'So Kieran came up for the role of Dr. Plowp and in a crazy turn of events, the bird alien[character that he plays] had four brothers [in the script] before he was cast,' Dunlap told The Hollywood Reporter.

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