Daniel Stern says Joe Pesci really bit Macaulay Culkin’s finger during ‘Home Alone’

Home Alone is an undeniable Christmas classic, but it’s also a pretty light, fun movie.

Home Alone is an undeniable Christmas classic, but it’s also a pretty light, fun movie. Of course, just because it plays like a comedy doesn’t mean that Joe Pesci, who played one half of the Wet Bandits who terrorize Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin while he’s home alone, didn’t take his job very seriously.

Home Alone Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers “I totally forgot about that,” Stern said. “Joe is… he’s wonderful, I love him, he’s a dear friend, but he’s a scary dude, and he was carrying it all. ‘Cause he was — we were trying in the first movie to actually be scary to start with, and then you realize we’re idiots. But there was a fear factor that set up the drama of the thing.”

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