{"id":4585,"date":"2025-04-15T20:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2025-04-17T18:18:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:18:02","slug":"home-alone-2-director-claims-terrifying-reason-he-cant-cut-trumps-controversial-cameo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/home-alone-2-director-claims-terrifying-reason-he-cant-cut-trumps-controversial-cameo\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Alone 2 director claims terrifying reason he \u2018can\u2019t cut\u2019 Trump\u2019s controversial cameo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Home Alone 2 director revealed why he can’t ‘cut’ Donald Trump’s cameo (Picture: 20th Century Fox \/ Rex)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris Columbus has opened up about Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s infamous cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York<\/a>, and why he \u2018can\u2019t cut it\u2019.<\/p>\n

The iconic Christmas<\/a> flick was released in 1992, and saw Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) accidentally hopping on a flight to New York<\/a> for the festive period, after getting separated from his Miami-bound family.<\/p>\n

The quick-thinking youngster set up camp at the Plaza Hotel, which was owned by the US<\/a> President at the time, and he made the most of the opportunity by popping up in a blink-and-you\u2019ll-miss-it appearance<\/a>, giving the lead star directions to the lobby.<\/p>\n

However, that split-second scene has gone on to cause chaos in the decades since, with the director claiming that the politician \u2018bullied his way into the movie\u2019 \u2013 something he later refuted, alleging that those behind the camera \u2018begged\u2019 him<\/a> to take part.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>, Columbus quipped that he can\u2019t cut the footage now as Trump would probably deport him over the move.<\/p>\n

\u2018I can\u2019t cut it,\u2019 the filmmaker \u2013 who was born and raised in the US but has Italian ancestry – said. \u2018If I cut it, I\u2019ll probably be sent out of the country.<\/p>\n

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The iconic film came out in 1992 (Picture: Disney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trump was on camera for a matter of seconds (Picture: 20th Century Fox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I\u2019ll be considered sort of not fit to live in the United States, so I\u2019ll have to go back to Italy or something.\u2019<\/p>\n

It is well known that if you filmed in a property owned by Trump at the time, you had to give him a role in the project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While many directors have left the footage on the cutting room floor, Columbus explained that the audience \u2018went crazy\u2019 for his cameo at a screening.<\/p>\n

Their reaction convinced him that the scene should be left in, a move he now regrets even more after tussling with the Republican leader publicly.<\/p>\n

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