Probably every person in the world knows Kevin McCallister from the Christmas comedy of all time "Home Alone". The family film, released back in 1990, about a child who remained at home on Christmas Eve in complete solitude, until 2011 was the highest-grossing project in the world. By the way, he lost the championship to the picture "Bachelor Party-2: from Vegas to Bangkok." On the eve of the New Year holidays, Chris Columbus’s film “Alone at Home” is watched with great pleasure for the first time or for the hundredth time being watched by millions of people.
The main role in the film was played by the handsome and incredibly charming American actor Macaulay Culkin, who at the time of the comedy's release was only 10 years old. Now almost nothing is heard about the actor. Today we would like to correct this defect and tell the reader about the once popular boy: his current life, successes and failures in life.
Biography Facts
I would immediately like to make a reservation and note that in connection with the facts published several years ago by respected American print media that concerned the actor, or rather drug addiction Macaulay Culkin, the article will also discuss this addiction of a young guy. But from the very beginning I would like to recall his biography:
- He was born on August 26, 1980 in New York, USA. He was the third child in a poor Catholic family, in which his father was once an actor and his mother was a telephone operator.
- He studied at a school with an acting bias, because his father had huge plans for his sons account.
- At 5, he received his first minor role in an episode of a feature film. Until fame, he managed to participate in such projects as “Equalizer”, “Uncle Buck”.
- In 1990, at the age of 10, Macaulay Culkin, whose drug addiction we will discuss below, received his first fee of $ 100 thousand for the main role in the film "Alone at Home".
Under the pressure of the father
Culkin Sr. was only interested in the increasing fees of his son. The boy in 1991 earned a fabulous sum of $ 1 million for his role in the film "My Daughter." Later his profits only grew. After continuing the beloved comedy about being left alone in a huge city and abandoned by a child during the Christmas holidays, the second part of "Alone at Home - 2. Lost in New York" in 1992 brought Macaulay $ 4.5 million. By the way, at that time, Kalkin Sr. acted as the legal representative of his son, who demanded a lot of money from the producers for participating in their own son’s project. In the films “Along with his father” and “Rich Richie”, Macaulay Culkin's fees were 8 million each. Hollywood producers stopped offering jobs to a promising talented boy at that time, because they were unable to pay for his father’s unreasonable demands.
Father was pushing for health problems, including overwork, taking antidepressants, as well as drug addiction Macaulay Culkin. It was he who wanted his son to work hard, realizing all his own dreams that had never been realized. By 1994, when the guy was only 13 years old, the total amount of his fees reached the figure of 35 million dollars. Parents began to conflict due to the fact that the father insisted on the exhausting work of his son with the aim of making big money. In June 1995, they divorced and Macaulay remained with his mother.
Personal life
The romantic relationship with the young American actor did not work out. He was married to Rachel Miner, but after several years of marriage, their marriage broke up. After Culkin was in love with Mila Kunis, but this relationship ended in parting in 2011. Failures in his personal life and lack of demand in the chosen case caused a deep depression in Kalkin. At first, Macaulay Culkin denied his drug addiction and tried in every way to convince everyone that the press dismissed this information about him. By the way, it was on the yellow pages of the print media that they started talking about the addiction of the actor to drugs after his separation from Kunis. However, long before their meeting (in 2004), Calkina was already detained by the police for illegal possession of drugs.
