Macaulay Culkin Says Joe Pesci ‘Was Trying to Scare Me’ During ‘Home Alone’ Rehearsals and Ended Up Biting My Finger: ‘I Have a Scar’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director ‘Tis the season for viewings of “Home Alone,” and Macaulay Culkin knows it. The actor is currently touring around the country for what is billed as “A Nostalgic Night With Macaulay Culkin,” in which he hosts a screening of “Home Alone” followed by a Q&A.

At a recent stop in Rosemont, Illinois (via The New York Times), Culkin revealed that his co-star Joe Pesci actually bit his finger while rehearsing a scene in which Pesci’s thief Harry threatens Culkin’s Kevin McCallister.

As reported by The Times: “‘He was trying to scare me,’ Culkin recounted. Thinking it would help the robber-victim dynamic, ‘he was like, I want to be menacing to this kid.’ Once, rehearsing a scene in which Pesci’s Harry is threatening to bite off Kevin’s fingers, he inadvertently took it too far and really chomped Culkin. ‘I have a scar,’ he said.

But in the moment, he didn’t react much. ‘I saw his face — and I’ve never, ever seen Joe Pesci actually scared,’ Culkin recalled. ‘Because he’s like, I just bit a kid!'” A representative for Pesci declined to comment to Variety.