Donald Trump says his cameo in ‘Home Alone 2’ helped ‘make the movie successful’, criticizes director – Gudstory

Donald Trump Slammed Home Alone 2: Lost in New York director chris columbus The filmmaker claimed that the former President had intimidated him into doing a cameo in the 1992 sequel.

“Director Chris Columbus and others were begging me to play a small role home alone 277-year-old Trump wrote on his Truth social media platform on Wednesday, December 27.

Trump was reacting to an issue that came up again in December 2020 business Insider During the interview, Columbus, 65, said that he had insisted on being in the film.

In home alone 2Trump appeared in a scene with the film’s star, Macaulay CulkinShot at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, which he owned at the time.

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In the interview, Columbus, who also directed the original home alone In 1990, he said he “wanted to shoot in the lobby” of the hotel and assumed he could simply pay the location fee to use the plaza. He paid the fee, but he claimed Trump placed an additional requirement.

Columbus recalled his conversation with Trump, saying, “‘You can use the Plaza only if I’m in the movie.’ “So we agreed to have him in the movie, and when we screened it for the first time the strangest thing happened: People cheered when Trump came on screen. So I told my editor, ‘Leave him in the film. This is a moment for the audience. But he gave his threats in the film.

Trump denied Columbus’s claims that it had forced entry into production.

“Nothing could be further from the truth. That cameo helped make the film successful, but if they were bullied or didn’t want me, then why did they keep me in the film and why remained there for over 30 years Kept,” he continued. “Because I was — and still am — for the movie, that’s why! Another Hollywood boy from the past finding himself a quick fix of Trump propaganda!”

In home alone 2, 8-year-old Kevin McCallister, played by Culkin, now 43, heads to the airport in Chicago to be with his family on their way to Miami for the holidays. While holding his father’s bag, he becomes separated from his family, and he accidentally boards a flight to New York. While walking around town, he sees the plaza and decides to stay at a hotel using his father’s credit card which he found in the bag. There he sees Trump posing as himself and asks for his help.

In his social media posts, Trump claimed that Columbus and his team had to convince him to appear in the film.

“I was too busy and didn’t want to do it. He was very nice but above all very determined. I agreed, and the rest is history,” he wrote. “That little cameo took off like a rocket, and the movie was – and still is – a huge success, especially around Christmas time. Whenever it airs people call me.