Macaulay Culkin

New case of those who like lost childhoods so much, although Macaulay Culkin is still here safe and sound to tell about it. The one who was golden blond was born on August 26, 1980 in New York. He is the third of seven children and the chosen one of his father, stage actor Christopher Culkin. His father wanted all of his children to be actors, but none of them achieved the success of Macaulaly. Since he was little he got them into the world, Macaulay was just a child when he made his debut on the stage. His television debut came in 1985 with a few minor productions. In 1989 he played Burt Lancaster ‘s grandson in Rocket Gibraltar . That same year, Alan J. Pakula chose him to play one of Jeff Bridges ‘ sons.in romantic dramaShared loves (1989). She was only 9 years old, but Macaulay was already working at an astonishing pace, as evidenced by the fact that before the year was out he too was filmingAlone with our uncle , a minor family comedy, but along the lines of the film that months later gave him worldwide fame. It was 1990 when Chris Columbus noticed him to play Kevin McCallister inHome alone . The story of the boy who stays home after his family forgets him when he goes away for Christmas, was a blockbuster. Columbus was delighted with the likeable and bright boy who connected perfectly with the public, so he called him back for Yo, tú y mamá (1991). The minor success of this film did not jeopardize the boy’s fame because shortly after working for Columbus he starred inMy girl (1991), another blockbuster. Macaulay now showed a face further removed from the mischief offered so far, to compose a tender and romantic boy.

Few people can use such hackneyed expressions as “being on the crest of the wave”, but in the case of Macaulay it is an overwhelming truth. As if film success wasn’t enough, she starred in the intro to Michael Jackson ‘s music video “Black or White” (1991). A great friendship arose with the artist because, as he himself said, they both had many things in common that all went back to a demanding, abusive and aggressive father. The friendship with Jackson brought a tail and he later testified in the pedophilia trial that the musician faced, although Macaulay spoke in his favor. With his world fame on his back, Chris Columbus once again required his services to reincarnate Kevin inHome Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), another resounding success.

If the titles mentioned so far are of interest when assessing Culkin’s interpretive capacity, his work inThe good son (1993). The young Macaulay got into the shoes of a psychopath who made life miserable for his cousin, played by a still unknown child actor, Elijah Wood . The darker side of him gave way to a film that was completely revealing of the situation that the boy lived,Rich Kid (1994). This is a new comedy aimed at the whole family with a very clear message: “money doesn’t buy happiness”. By then Macaulay was already one of the richest kids in the world, but he was exhausted. The actor remembers that the first time he felt tired was filming The Good Son. He needed to stop and recover a more normal life considering his age, but this did not happen. Finally, the disconnection from his work as an actor that he wanted so much in 1995 ended up coming, although unfortunately it happened in a way that nobody would have wanted. His parents separated and began a fierce legal battle to obtain custody of the children and guardianship over the wealth of the still minor Macaulay. The boy then said that he would not return to work until the situation was resolved, but he had to wait a few more years. In 1997 his father threw in the towel, putting an end to the family fight.

At the end of the nineties, Macaulay was in the press every day because of the separation of his parents. He presented a disheveled image and was associated with the use of some substance, but the fact is that he did not get into trouble like so many other child-stars, or at least not to the level in which they did, something of which he is very proud actor In 1998 he married actress Rachel Miner., and two years later they divorced. He was still away from the profession, because as he himself remembers – without any arrogant nuance – he earned so much money as a child that he would never work again in his life, so he decided to get involved only in those projects that fully satisfied him. A decision that has helped to distance him from the fame that he hates so much. Even so, he acknowledges that to this day people continue to stop him on the street. His return to work was in 2001, in the play “Madame Melville.” His return to the cinema, however, did not occur until two years later in Party Monster ., a true story where he played an eccentric and excessive young man very famous in the New York night of the nineties, who threw his life overboard. Since then, he has been seen with droppers and always in independent productions with roles away from the heroic boy who was left home alone. In Saved! (2004) he played a paralyzed rebel and in Sex and Breakfast (2007) – his last film to date – he is the husband of a married couple who opts for partner swapping as a solution to his problems. After this he participated in five episodes of the serieskings .

On the verge of turning 30, Macaulay has experienced another major setback in his life caused by the death of his sister Dakota in a traffic accident in December 2008. It is difficult to know how Macaulay is now, as he flees from the public eye as well as from the public eye. plague. Even so, his followers have the option to buy “Junior”, the book he published in 2006. Markedly autobiographical, Culkin talks about his childhood and adolescence, where there were times when he seriously thought about committing suicide. A difficult life for whom he conquered the entire planet with his mischievous smile and his mischievous look.