The music video nearly saw the “Home Alone” star as the disturbed Eminem fan.
In an interview withEntertainment Tonight, Sawa said that the 2000 music video, which was directed byDr.
Dreand Philip Atwell, nearly starred a different former child actor.

Macaulay Culkin.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty
“Full disclosure: they went out toMacaulay Culkinfirst, I believe, he said.
Reps for Eminem and Culkin did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
And I was like, ‘Oh my God.’

Devon Sawa in Eminem’s ‘Stan’ music video.Eminem/ Youtube
And that was kind of how the day went.”
Dre loved FD, the actor wrote on social media in 2017.
The wordmade its way into the Oxford English Dictionaryin 2017.