Jesse Eisenberg SaysA Real PainCostar Kieran Culkin ‘Loves’ to Talk AboutHome Alone(Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Left: Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in 2025; right: Macaulay and Kieran Culkin, circa 1990.Photo:Stewart Cook/CBS via Getty; Dave Benett/Getty Images

Stewart Cook/CBS via Getty; Dave Benett/Getty Images

Kieran Culkinhas come a long way since making his debut on the big screen at 8 years old whenHome Alonewas released in 1990 — and he still gets a kick out of talking about his humble beginnings.

Culkin’sA Real PaincostarJesse Eisenbergexclusively told PEOPLE at the National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York City on Jan. 7 that he’s definitely talked to Culkin, 42, about hisHome Alonedays.

“What Kieran loves more than anything is for people to go up to him when they meet him and talk aboutHome Alone, so I did, yeah,” Eisenberg, 41, said.

Asked whether he’s aHome Alone“super fan,” Eisenberg quipped at the gala red carpet, “Well, I mean, who isn’t at my age?”

Kieran Culkin as Fuller McCallister in ‘Home Alone’ from 1990.20th Century Studios

20th Century Studios

The Social Networkactor — who presented Culkin with the best supporting actor award at the gala for his role as Benji Kaplan inA Real Pain— previously revealed that he had watchedHome Alone17 times when he was 7, according toThe Los Angeles Times.

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‘A Real Pain’ cast from left: Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Jennifer Grey and Will Sharpe in October 2024.John Lamparski/Getty

John Lamparski/Getty

In June, the Golden Globe winner revealed during a Tribeca Film Festival panel that he had also watched the holiday classic multiple times.

“I have seen that movie so many times — I grew up watching it over and over again on Christmas, so I got that whole thing memorized,” Culkin said.

He also admitted that he “didn’t know what the f— the movie was about.”

“I saw it at the premiere and I was dying laughing. I was like, ‘Well, I guess that makes sense. [Macaulay] was on set a lot. I guess he’s the lead of this movie,’ ” Culkin recalled. “I had fun doing it but I really didn’t know what it was about [until it came out].”

source: people.com