The Wet Bandits weren’t messin' around.
But there was a fear factor that set up the drama of the thing."
“Joe was like, ‘Ahh, sorry I did that.’

Joe Pesci, Macaulay Culkin, and Daniel Stern in ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’.20th Century Fox
But only time you might see Pesci break.”
I’m sure they’re gonna have a great prop spider,'" he said.
“And they didn’t.

Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci in ‘Home Alone’.20th Century Fox
They had a real spider that the wrangler told me, ‘He’s not gonna bite you.
You’ll be fine.'”
Stern was cool with working alongside the arachnid.
“So I went, you know, ‘Okay, do it,'” he said.
And then we just rolled the camera."
The actor also speculated whyHome Alonehas remained an enduring Christmas classic.
“There’s so much heart in it.
It’s so funny.
But I think the thing that really stands out is the kid getting us.
Everybody wants that kid to win.
It’s a kid-empowerment movie.”
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Culkin contemplated purchasing the home himselfearlier this month.
He didn’t pull the trigger, though.
“I got kids,” he said.
“I’m busy, man.”