Daniel Stern, one of the burglars in Home Alone, remembered a scene his crime partner Joe Pesci did.
During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he said the Oscar winner —to become more intimidating—bit the fingers of young Macaulay Culkin in one of the scenes.
“I totally forgot about that. 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,” he recounted.
“‘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,” the actor recalled.
Immediately, Joe apologized to the young star saying, “Yeah, I think he did bite it as he was biting his finger, and then he bit it — like, ‘Oh crap, I didn’t really mean to. Joe was like, ‘Ahh, sorry I did that.’ But only time you might see Pesci break.”
Macaulay, on the other hand, previously revealed in a Q&A that he still has a mark from his bite.
“I have a scar. I saw his face — and I’ve never, ever seen Joe Pesci actually scared… because he’s like, ‘I just bit a kid!,'” the 44-year-old concluded.
