Interesting facts about the film "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (20 photos)
After the success of the first part of the film "Home Alone", it was decided to make a sequel. Here are photos from the filming and interesting facts about the film, directed by Chris Columbus. 
1. In the second part of the film, they managed to return all the actors who played their roles in the first part, with the exception of Kevin’s sister named Linny. She was played by Angela Goethals in the first part, and Maureen Elizabeth Shay in the second part. However, few people noticed this, because mostly of the McCallister children (except Kevin), everyone remembered only Buzz, Fuller and Megan 
2. Thanks to the success of the first part, Macaulay Culkin's fee increased significantly. If for filming the first part he received 110 thousand dollars, then for the second part he received 4.5 million dollars. 
3. Of course, each of you knows that in the film “Home Alone 2” the future US President Donald Trump appeared in a cameo role. At that time, he was known as a major businessman and the owner of the very Plaza Hotel where the film was filmed. 
Donald Trump allowed scenes for the film to be filmed at his hotel only on the condition that he himself appear in one episode. Also, Columbus said that Trump even intimidated him to some extent. Columbus even wanted to cut Trump out of the film, but during a test screening, audiences started clapping when the millionaire appeared in the frame, so the director decided to leave him in.
In general, Trump really loved being featured in movies. He even wanted to appear in an episode of Leonid Gaidai’s latest film “The weather is good on Deribasovskaya, it’s raining again on Brighton Beach.” However, he never got into the film, although he still allowed filming in his Taj Mahal casino, for which he received gratitude in the credits. 
4. In the scene when the pigeons swoop down on the sticky bandits, everything was for real. Actor Daniel Stern, who played Marv, even said that one bird flew right into his mouth. 
5. The Talkboy recorder was not a real device. It was made specifically for the film. but after the release of the film, many children wanted this device for themselves in order to fool adults. As a result, Tiger Electronics, with the assistance of the 20th Century Fox studio, released a real device, which, thanks to the film, gained popularity. 
6. Although filming took place at the real Plaza Hotel, the pool filming took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago since Donald Trump's hotel did not have a pool. 
7. All the time that Kevin spent in New York, he ate exclusively sweets. This can be judged by the check for $967, which does not contain a single normal meal. 
8. At the time of filming, there was almost no snow in New York, which is why we had to buy a lot of artificial snow, which was very expensive. But the most annoying thing is that a couple of days later a snowstorm occurred in New York, which filled the city with snow, which is why expensive artificial snow was not needed. 
9. Chris Columbus wanted to make a sequel, but no matter how hard he tried, the second part still became essentially a remake of the first part: an abandoned child, bandits, the film "Angels with Dirty Souls", deception with the help of a mannequin, a strange and frightening man who turns out to be kind, etc. 
According to the original version of the script, there was supposed to be a scene where Kevin burns his cheeks with lotion again, but Columbus was categorically against it in order to avoid repetition, but there were enough repetitions without it.
10. The name of the pigeon lady is never spoken in the film, although according to the original script it should have been said at the very end. In the story, the lady introduced herself to the police as Annie, and they invited her to the station to drink hot chocolate. But in the end this scene was abandoned. 
11. Although the role of the bellhop Cedric was not the first, but the third in Rob Schneider’s career, it was the role that became the most significant in Rob’s life, since it was thanks to her that the actor began to receive filming offers. 
12. To allow Kevin to slide around in the Plaza Hotel lobby, the rug was removed. But when the filming was completed, Donald Trump forbade the rug to be returned and, in principle, to somehow change this place. Thus, he wanted to preserve the spirit of the film in his hotel. 
13. Although the film was generally liked by audiences, it grossed $359 million, which was $100 million less than the original. 
14. John Hughes planned to release the third part of the film around 1995-1996, and the same Macaulay Culkin was supposed to star, but a little older. True, Macaulay Culkin himself ended his career in 1994 after the release of the film “Richie Richie,” so the script for the third part had to be heavily reworked. As a result, we got an absolutely bland threequel with different actors, which has nothing in common except the name with the film “Home Alone”. All subsequent sequels turned out to be even more disastrous, and they were released directly on video media, bypassing cinemas. 
15. According to Joe Pesci, who played the bandit Harry, the fire in the scene where his head was set on fire was real, so he actually suffered a small burn. 
16. In 2021, a petition was created on the Internet for filmmakers to release a separate version of the film “Home Alone”, only with Donald Trump cut out. And instead, it was proposed to insert an adult Macaulay Culkin as a cameo, who would show Kevin the direction. And the most interesting thing is that this petition was supported by Macaulay Culkin himself. 
17. Director Chris Columbus also made a cameo appearance in the film. When Kevin first enters Mr. Duncan's store, we see a man lifting his daughter to look at the toys. This man is director Chris Columbus. 
18. After the release of the second part of the film “Home Alone” (as well as after the release of the original), many games dedicated to this film were released on game consoles and home computers. 
