Trump briefly appears in the follow-up to the 1990 smash
Home Alone, passing young Kevin McAllister (Macaulay Culkin) in the hallway of Manhattan’s glitzy Plaza Hotel when Kevin stops him to ask for directions. The sequel, originally distributed by 20th Century Fox, now falls under the Disney umbrella after the studios’ 2019 merger.
Neither Disney nor Chris Columbus, the director of
Home Alone and
Home Alone 2, immediately responded to requests for comment.
However, in a recent interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Columbusexplained how Trump ended up in the film, saying the businessman-turned-politician who owned The Plaza at the time essentially forced his way into it.
Now that Donald Trump is being removed from office, he's also being removed from Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. Trump found his way into the movie because director Chris Columbus was filming a scene in the famous Plaza Hotel, which Trump owned at the time. He agreed to let Columbus film there in exchange for a cameo role, in which he gives Macaulay Culkin directions to the lobby. But since Trump's ascendance to the presidency in 2016, his.
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With Trump’s term as president about to come to an end, fans of the film on Twitter have now begun cropping him out of the film.
Quick-witted fans have instead removed Trump in favour of such Hollywood stars as Christopher Plummer, Keanu Reeves, Dolly Parton, and even Japanese virtual star Hastune Miku.
What’s more, some viewers have substituted Trump’s appearance for President Elect Joe Biden.
Further edits saw fans posting suggestions on the social media site, with one announcing: “Not only should we digitally remove Donald Trump from Home Alone 2, we should replace him with adult Macaulay Culkin. Just make that plot go off the rails.”