Kieran Culkin On Why He Wanted To Recreate His Brother Macaulay Culkin’s SNL Gig

You will certainly recognize Macaulay Culkin as the troublemaker Kevin McCallister from the favorite holiday movie “Home Alone,” but do you remember Fuller, the little guy who’s going to wet the bed if he has too much to drink? Here’s a clue, that little guy is Macaulay Culkin’s younger brother Kieran Culkin.

You may know him from 2002’s “Igby Goes Down” and “Succession.” After his original gig in “Home Alone,” it took him almost a decade to achieve a quarter of the fame his elder brother achieved from being the star of “Home Alone” in one go.

As a young boy, even though he felt sad for his big brother in regards to the fame he achieved within a twinkle, he remembered wanting to have something Macaulay had back then.

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Immediately “Home Alone” hit the screens of families around the world, it was decided that the movie was one of the best and most brilliant holiday comedies out there. The fame that Macaulay enjoyed after was boundless.

In fact, he was the highest paid child actor of his time, and before properly becoming a teenager, he hosted Saturday Night Live. Well, two decades later in November 2021, his younger brother would step onto the stage of SNL as a host for the first time.

“I have been on this very stage,” the actor said the night he hosted the long-running television show. “I was on an episode of SNL back when my brother Mac hosted 30 years ago. I was 9 years old, I got to be in three sketches — two of which are non-problematic.”

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“And at the end of the show, I got to be on the stage for the good nights,” Kieran added, as a flashback clip came on the screen. “So, there’s my brother and the cast is lifting him up on their shoulders. … My brother’s up there, he’s got his arm up all victorious and I’m down there on the ground like, ‘Me, I want uppies!’ “

“So, check out what I do next. I asked Kevin Nealon to pick me up! He goes, ‘Yeah, okay, sure,’ ” he continued. “Anyway, I wanted to show that clip for two reasons,” Kieran added. “One, in the hopes that someone from the cast will pick me up again at the end of the show. And two, because I have waited 30 years to be back on this stage and say, ‘We’ve got a great show for you tonight, so stick around, we’ll be right back!’ “

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