The dual cult of Home Alone and Kevin Alone in New York is a cherished Christmas treat for many. For Daniel Stern, actor of the burglar Marv, however, an iconic scene in part 2 of the franchise ended up being anything but funny.
Home Alone 2 star injured both legs while performing hilarious stunt
Stern explained this to fans on Reddit. On the constant hunt for Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) Marv built himself a tower out of furniture, TVs and boxes to get from one floor of an empty building to the next. The actor remembers:
There’s a scene where I have some kind of tower […] must climb. But it was much more complicated than expected. I have to [auf dem Weg nach oben] took every edge and corner with them. At the end of the day, when I took off my costume, I noticed a lot of bruising on my legs. And three days later my legs were blue from toe to toe [Hintern].
Check out the scene in English here:
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These injuries may not come as a surprise to some franchise fans, but Home Alone is, at its core, a psychopath’s story. Nonetheless, it honors Stern and fellow burglar Joe Pesci, that they performed many stunts themselves. It is not known whether Macaulay Culkin ever felt guilty about this.
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