His first roles were on stage
Macaulay Culkin’s first job in the arts and entertainment business was in off-Broadway theater. Being the “little sailor boy” in a production of “H.M.S. Pinafore” by Gilbert and Sullivan was one of his first parts, he told Marc Maron on “WTF.”
The unexpected success of Home Alone
Janet Hirshenson, who was in charge of hiring, did a quick search to make sure Culkin was the right person for the part, but “there wasn’t anyone better than Macaulay,” she told Independent. Chris Columbus, the director, said, “No one else had the quality Mack did.” He really felt like a child, but he was also very sweet and very funny… Mack was also a little flawed, which was great. He didn’t look like other kids because one of his ears was crooked, but everyone who saw him fell in love with him. To me, that’s a movie star.
