Yahoo Movies What Happened To ‘Home Alone’ Star Macaulay Culkin?
He was the most famous child star in the world, but what has Macaulay Culkin been up to since his ‘Home Alone’ heyday?
That film and its sequel, ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’, made more than £500 million at the box office, with ‘My Girl’ and ‘Uncle Buck’ also enjoying huge success.
It was when Culkin played a psycho in the creepy 1993 thriller ‘The Good Son’ that things began to go wrong for the actor.
The film was badly received (though it apparently turned a profit), and ushered in a string of under-performing efforts for Culkin, such as ‘Getting Even With Dad’, ‘The Pagemaster’ and ‘Richie Rich’.
The latter was his last film role for six years, with Culkin (temporarily) retiring from acting aged just 14 in 1994.
He famously had to ‘divorce’ from his parents to gain control of his money. He accused them of mishandling his huge fortune.
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Culkin got married in 1998 to Rachel Miner, but they divorced four years later. By this point he was acting again, though roles in the West End play ‘Madame Melville’ and movies ‘Party Monster’ and ‘Saved!’ were a world away from the hits of his heyday.
He’s also had brushes with the law – in 2004 he was arrested for possession of marijuana and briefly jailed – and he made an appearance at Michael Jackson’s trial supporting the late pop star.
His last project was a recurring voice roles in madcap animation ‘Robot Chicken’.
Culkin dated ‘Jupiter Ascending’ star Mila Kunis for 10 years until they amicably split in 2011. She’s since gone on to engaged to Ashton Kutcher and the pair had a child in 2014.
Not long after the split, Culkin was photographed looking gaunt on the streets of New York City, but he’s since bounced back and he now spends his time on the road touring with his comedy rock band The Pizza Underground.
They play pizza-inspired Velvet Undergound covers with titles like ‘Take a Bite On The Wild Side’ and ‘All Pizza Parties’, on which Culkin plays the kazoo, percussion and the occasional vocal. No, seriously.
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