Macaulay Culkin remembers discovering unread “Rushmore” script whereas cleansing out his home: ‘Oh, dang’

Macaulay Culkin may have starred in a basic highschool film — however he was too busy going to precise highschool.

The Dwelling Alone star regarded again on his hiatus from appearing, which lasted from 1994 to 2003, in a brand new interview this week.

"I went to highschool, I bought married manner too younger, issues like that," Culkin informed Sean Evans on Hot Ones, referring to his short-lived marriage to Rachel Miner from 1998 till 2002.

Throughout his break from Hollywood, nevertheless, Culkin was nonetheless "fairly good" at studying scripts for tasks he was supplied, he says — however he did overlook one that might have offered an amazing alternative.

"I used to be sort of voraciously studying by means of the scripts, however there was a pair that slipped by means of," he recalled. "And I keep in mind about two years later kinda clearing out the home and throwing out the previous scripts, and I noticed that the one which I didn't learn was Rushmore. And I used to be like, 'Oh, dang. I in all probability may have finished that one.'"

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Rushmore, which centered on an formidable prep college scholar with a debilitating crush on a trainer, was Wes Anderson's 1998 sophomore characteristic, and it helped launch its younger lead Jason Schwartzman's profession. It additionally marked a key second for Invoice Murray as he pivoted from mainstream comedies to extra auteur-driven work, incomes an Impartial Spirit Award for Greatest Supporting Actor in addition to a Golden Globe nomination for the movie.

Nonetheless, Culkin clarified that he wouldn't wish to see Schwartzman robbed of his breakout position. "I imply, I can't think about anybody however Schwartzman doing that half," he mentioned. "However on the similar time — oh, man, that might have been a ball and a biscuit, that one."

The Richie Wealthy star briefly talked about lacking out on Rushmore in a 2018 Reddit AMA when a fan requested him if a task ever bought away. "I used to be despatched the script to Rushmore. I used to be nonetheless retired then," he mentioned. "That's an ideal film."

Schwartzman co-starred with Culkin in a 2022 episode of The Righteous Gems, and likewise acted alongside Culkin's fiancée, Brenda Music, in 2024's The Final Showgirl.

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Schwartzman additionally shares character DNA with Culkin's brother Kieran Culkin by means of their respective roles in The Hunger Games franchise. The Bored to Demise star portrayed commentator Lucretius "Fortunate" Flickerman within the 2023 prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, whereas the Succession Emmy winner will play that character's grandson, Caesar Flickerman, within the upcoming Dawn on the Reaping. (Stanley Tucci performed an older model of Caesar within the first 4 Starvation Video games films.)

Macaulay Culkin lately made a shock cameo in an episode of Working Level, the basketball comedy by which Music is a collection common. He's additionally set to seem in season 2 of Fallout.

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