Macaulay Culkin Reveals How Messed Up Kevin McCallister Is 25 Years After ‘Home Alone’
<p>In the first episode of a new Web series, Macaulay Culkin reprises the role that made him a child star and reveals how traumatized his <em>Home Alone</em> character would be all these years later.</p>
What if a grown-up Kevin McCallister was your Uber driver? That’s more or less the premise of the first episode of musician Jack Dishel’s new Web series :DRYVRS.
In the same way that each episode of the Web series High Maintenance chronicles the customers our protagonist pot dealer encounters, :DRYVRS stars Dishel as the user of an unnamed car service who has odd interactions with the people who pick him up.
In the first episode, released today, the rarely seen Culkin plays what is soon revealed to be a mid-30s version of his character from Home Alone. Clearly disturbed by his past experiences, he lays out this scenario for Dishel’s passenger-turned-driver.
“It’s fucking Christmas time, and your whole family goes on vacation, right?” he says. “And they forget their 8-year-old fucking son… all by yourself, in the house, for a week.”
“I had to fend off my house from two psychopath home invaders,” he continues. “I mean, I still have nightmares about this bald, weirdo dude chasing me around, talking like Yosemite Sam. ‘I’m gonna pull your fingernails out! I’m gonna get you, you little scamp!’” Even more unnerving, the thieves didn’t even curse, instead just calling him “‘louse’ and shit like that.” He doesn’t understand how his parents could have forgotten “the cutest fucking 8-year-old in the universe, by far.”
Get the best of The Beast delivered right to your inbox
By clicking “SUBSCRIBE” you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Things take a seriously dark turn when someone tries to carjack them at gunpoint and Culkin says, “You picked the wrong car, my friend.”
See more of our coverage in your search results.
Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
Register below to read this article for free or subscribe
to unlock unlimited access to The Daily Beast.
Monthly
$1
First month then $5.99/month
Annual
$35
First year then $59.99/year
Premium
$79
First year then $119.99/year
*Substack access provided by the next business day, using your subscription email. Choosing the Premium plan constitutes your permission to share your subscription email with Substack and your agreement to Substack’s Privacy Policy.
Already have an account? Sign In
Looks like you already have a subscription!
You're all set!
Thanks for subscribing.