33 years ago, Macaulay Culkin delivered in Mom I Missed the Plane, directed in 1990 by Chris Colombus, a performance that would make him one of the most popular actors in Hollywood, at the age of 10 years. Friday, the actor inaugurated his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a consecration for many actors. On this occasion, Macaulay Culkin and several members of the cast paid tribute to the film, which has become a must-have for the Christmas holidays.
Catherine O’Hara, who plays the mother of little Kevin McCallister in the first two films (out of the five in the 1990 saga), delivered a speech full of emotion on the performance and the very early career of Macaulay Culkin. “The reason families can’t go a year without watching and loving Mom I Missed the Plane together is Macaulay Culkin,” said the 69-year-old actress. Yes he had a good script and a great director, but it was Macaulay’s perfect performance as Kevin McCallister that gave us this ordinary boy in an extraordinary story.
Although he remains very discreet today, Macaulay Culkin remains one of the most famous child stars in Hollywood. Propelled by his role in Maman I missed the plane, he filmed a series of films (eight in the space of four years) before withdrawing from the system in 1994, at the age of 14. “How can we survive this?” asked Catherine O’Hara at the end of her speech. According to her, Macaulay Culkin’s “sense of humor” allowed him to hold on in the face of dazzling fame, money, drugs…
In 2016, in an interview for Les Inrocks, he spoke of the importance that his friendship with Michael Jackson had in this appreciation of notoriety. “He is one of the most important people in my life. He was my best friend. We were intimately linked because he knew what I was going through, he testified. He knew what I was going through: fame, stress, abuse, an oppressive family. He was always present, understanding.” In 1991, Macaulay Culkin played, as he knew so well, a turbulent little boy and a little too much of a music fan in the video for Black Or White by the King of Pop.
