Kieran Cullkin says he felt bad for brother Macaulay even as a child amid ‘Home Alone’ fame
nme.comMacaulay, even when they were children, after he became famous at the age of 10 for his role in Home Alone. Kieran is currently starring in HBO’s Succession as Roman Roy and spoke to Esquire about the impact his brother’s fame had not only on Macaulay himself, but the whole family.“Poor fucking guy,” Kieran said of his brother. “He was little and having to try to accept that level of fame as a reality.
Even at that time, as a kid, I remember thinking, ‘That sucks for him’.”Kieran also appeared in Home Alone as Fuller, the cousin of Macaulay’s protagonist Kevin, who has to defend his family’s home from robbers after his parents accidentally leave him behind on holiday.
Kieran was eight years old at the time.The level of fame Macaulay acquired from the film turned the family into a particular target for the paparazzi, particularly after the brothers’ parents split up acrimoniously in 1995.
Kieran, then thirteen, handwrote a note to the court requesting to bar the media from covering the custody battle.“Your Honor,” he wrote, “I ask you please to spare my family any further embarrassment by letting the press in the courtroom.
Read more on nme.com
