who played that role?
Macaulay Culkin
Casting
Hughes suggested to Columbus that they cast Macaulay Culkin in the main role, because of his experience with the child actor while shooting "Uncle Buck". Columbus met with other actors for the part, by his count "hundreds and hundreds" (actually 200), as he felt it was his "directorial presponsibility". Columbus finally met with Culkin and agreed he was the right choice for the role.

where does kevins family go in home alone Paris, France who are the characters in the film? Kevin, Harry Lyme and Marvin "Marv" Merchants, Peter, Kate, Buzz, Jeff, Megan, Linnie was the film accused of copying? Yes, accused for copying 1989 French film "3615 code Père Noël" how many sequels does the english film have? Five does the first character mentioned above appear in all of them? No, only first two
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Introduction Casting Introduction
t stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara Hughes suggested to Columbus that they cast Macaulay Culkin in the main role, because of his experience with the child actor while shooting "Uncle Buck". Home Alone is a 1990 American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara. The film follows Kevin (Culkin), an eight-year-old boy, who must defend his home from two burglars, Harry and Marv (Pesci and Stern), after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their Christmas vacation. 
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Home Alone [SEP] Casting
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; after being informed that there was no money in the budget for a pay increase he sought due to the extended schedule, he dropped out of the role. Daniel Roebuck was quickly hired to replace him, but after two days of rehearsal, Columbus did not see any chemistry between him and Pesci and decided to bring back Stern. Roebuck later admitted that, although he was upset to be fired from the production, he now believes the experience to be "such a little blip of unimportance".