The Nails on the Basement Steps Were Made of Rubber The props department made that shot possible by making a fake nail out of a type of spring-loaded rubber. As Marv steps on the nail, it bends into the sole of his foot rather than causing the painful injury that is shown on screen.
According to Mental Floss, the ornaments on the floor were made of candy to help prevent any serious injuries, and actor Daniel Stern (who played Marv) wore rubber feet just in case.
Yep, that was real. At one point, Kevin places a tarantula on Marv's face. And it was indeed a real spider (Daniel Stern agreed to let it happen—but he'd only allow for one take).
The stunts were real in 1990's “Home Alone” — and one was even named in honor of the movie. Though Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern weren't responsible for all of the falls and hits their characters took throughout the film, their stunt doubles did them for real.
Harry dodged them all as they landed on Marv's forehead. Sometime later, Marv threw a brick at Kevin in retaliation, but missed. In reality, even only one of the bricks thrown from the height shown in the film would have crushed Marv's face and instantly killed him.
In the Screen Junkies video Honest Action - Home Alone, it was determined that the injuries sustained in Home Alone and Home Alone 2 would kill Harry eight times over and kill Marv thirteen times over.
After the pair escaped prison, Marv decided that they become the Sticky Bandits after wrapping his hand in double-sided sticky tape to steal money from a donation bucket. Harry was dismissive of this name and behavior. Marv and Harry later parted ways, with Marv instead working with his wife Vera and mother Molly.
"In addition to the expected bumps, bruises, and general pains that you would associate with that particular type of physical humor, I did sustain serious burns to the top of my head during the scene where Harry's hat is set on fire," he said.
The TikToker cut to a clip from the Home Alone episode of Netflix's The Movies That Made Us, revealing original footage of the behind-the-scenes work in the film. “There was no snow on the ground,” a voiceover says in the documentary, “so what they did was they had rolls of white material” for the ground.
John Candy improvised most of his scenes in "Home Alone."
Columbus told Insider's Jason Guerrasio in 2020 that the legendary comedic actor John Candy came on set ready to improvise. "He was on the movie for only one day, but it resulted in so much great improvisation. None of that stuff was in the script," he said.
"People who meet me are always curious if the tarantula was real, if my scream was real, and if I was scared, crazy or both," Stern told Complex. "The answer to all three of those questions is 'Yes. '"
Many reports over the years have claimed Daniel was asked to mime the scream that Marv lets out upon seeing the spider so as to not scare the creature, with it then later dubbed into the film in the edit. However, Daniel revealed that actually wasn't the case, as he did the scream there and then, take after take.
Who was originally supposed to be Marv in Home Alone?
Daniel Stern was cast as Marv, but before shooting started, he was told that the production schedule had been extended from six weeks to eight. He dropped out after as he would not be paid more for the extended schedule.
There is some mild coarse language, name-calling and insults in this movie, including 'you little pervert', 'jerk', 'idiots', 'you big horse's ass', 'you big sissy' and 'shut up'.
Daniel Stern initially turned down the role of Marv in Home Alone due to a lack of pay increase for extended filming time. Daniel Roebuck was cast as Marv alongside Joe Pesci but was ultimately fired due to a lack of chemistry with Pesci.
What did Kevin's dad do for a living in Home Alone?
Kevin's dad was a businessman because it was “a safe bet,” Todd Strasser, who wrote the official novelizations of “Home Alone” said, according to the Times.
At the apex of his career, a time when he made a regular habit of starring in a string of the greatest movies ever made, Robert De Niro was hardly renowned for his comedic chops or preference for slapstick.
While all indoor scenes were filmed on set in a high school gymnasium (more on that later), a handful of memorable moments took place outside 671 Lincoln Ave, the address of a red-brick home in the affluent, cookie-cutter town of Winnetka, Illinois.
In an interview with People, Pesci revealed that he purposefully ignored Culkin on set in order to “preserve the dynamic between [the characters].” Although Pesci admitted that he remembered Culkin "as being a really sweet kid and, even at his age, very professional," he felt that limiting their interactions was ...
Marv stepping bare-foot on a nail is easily among the most painful Home Alone injuries, and Daniel Stern's performance as the hapless burglar hopping around in pain makes it one of the funniest too.
While stunt doubles were used for many scenes, Pesci said that some of the ones he did commit to were quite painful – namely, his head being set on fire.
Marv suffers from a condition that causes short-term memory loss and occasional hallucinations (none of which is helped by his tendency to drink heavily). His parole officer, Lucille, provides him with drugs that help with the symptoms, but that does little to set Marv's mind at ease.
Marv is played by Daniel Stern in the first two films. In the loose sequel Home Alone 4 (which shares a shoddy continuity with the original two movies), he is instead portrayed by French Stewart.
Daniel Stern, actually, was initially cast as Marv, but dropped out when he learned he would be working for eight weeks for the price of six and was replaced by Daniel Roebuck by Warner Bros' recommendation.
