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They say artists have to be willing to do anything for their art, and for Joe Pesci, that includes setting their heads on fire.
In a new interview with People, the Oscar winner reflected on the making of “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” to mark the sequel’s 30th anniversary and recalled how the comedy required physically “demanding” stunts. it occurs.
Pesci said, “It was a nice change of pace to do that particular type of slapstick comedy.” first The Two “Home Alone” Movies In an email interview published Tuesday.
In the uber-successful franchise, Pesci played a half hideous thief Duo (with Daniel Stern) who is constantly one-upped by a clever kid played by Macaulay Culkin. He admitted that the films were “a more physical type of comedy, so a bit more demanding.”
One example – when Pesci’s character Harry unwittingly walks into a sordid trap set by Culkin’s Kevin, leading to a fiery ending.
“In addition to the expected bumps, bruises, and general pain that you would associate with that particular type of physical humor, during the scene where Harry’s hat is set on fire, I sustained a severe burn on the top of my head,” Goodfellas said. the star recalled.
In fact, Harry’s head is set on fire not once but twice in the movies, once in 1990’s “Home Alone” and again in the 1992 film, when Harry and Marv (Stern) walk through a house between repairs. Let’s chase after Kevin. (Pesci did not specify during which filming he suffered the injury.)
Pesci said he was “fortunate to have professional stuntmen do the real heavy stunts.”
“Home Alone 2”, which hit theaters on November 20, 1992, Pesci, Culkin, and Stern were cast as Kevin’s parents, along with Catherine O’Hara and John Heard. The film also starred Oscar-winning actress Brenda Fricker as Pigeon Lady.