Daniel Stern, who starred as Marv the burglar in the iconic Christmas classic Home Alone, revealed he had to fight to get a raise for the sequel.
He also wrote in his book that leading star Macaulay Culkin, now 43, got a sequel deal for $5 million plus 5 percent of the gross box office earnings. Initially, Stern recalled producers taking six months just to make him the offer of $600,000, which he added was 'double my original salary, but not quite the pot of gold I was hoping for.'
He also wrote in his book that leading star Macaulay Culkin, now 43, got a sequel deal for $5 million plus 5 percent of the gross box office earnings; seen in 1992 sequel 'I knew they couldn't do the movie without me, but I was also insecure, since I almost blew it the first time,' he said about how he almost blundered his casting in the first film.Ahead of his memoir going on the shelves on Tuesday, he told the Los Angeles Times that he agreed in the end because 'there's lots of things I get out of the movies besides money.'