Home Alone director reveals how the McCallisters afforded their massive house

It all makes sense now, ya filthy animals!The director of the beloved 1990 Christmas classic “Home Alone” has finally revealed what Kevin McCallister’s parents did to afford their massive Chicago mansion.“Back then, John [Hughes] and I had a conversation about it,” Chris Columbus explained to The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Tuesday, “and we decided on what the jobs were.”As the 66-year-old filmmaker explained, the movie actually included a few hints.Take the dancing mannequins Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) placed in the window to ward off the criminals Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), for example.Well, those actually belonged to Catherine O’Hara’s character Kate McCallister, who “was a very successful fashion designer,” according to the director.As for John Heard’s Peter McCallister? His job description wasn’t written in stone.

 “The father could have, based on John Hughes own experience, worked in advertising,” Columbus said, “but I don’t remember what the father did.”But one thing was certain: Peter’s activities were all above board.“Not organized crime,” Columbus added, “even though there was, at the time, a lot of organized crime in Chicago.”The creative also spoke about how he came to cast Culkin in the iconic role, sharing, “This is why John Hughes was a great producer for a director, and I learned a lot from him.” “He said, ‘Will you take a look at meeting Macaulay?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’d like to meet Macaulay, but I’d like to meet everyone else, too,’” Columbus continued.“I ended up meeting 300 other kids, too.

Total colossal waste of time, because then I met Macaulay again, and it was magical.”After 34 years of the beloved film being on everyone’s watch list come Christmas, Culkin’s own sons are now part of the phenomenon.“He thinks he’s Kevin,” Macaulay told E! News of his oldest Dakota, 3, who he shares with Brenda Song.

“I’m like, ‘Do yo...