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You read that headline correctly: Macaulay Culkin—the Macaulay Culkin, hero of our wasted youth—has joined the cast of American Horror Story’s 10th season. Creator Ryan Murphy shared the news in an Instagram post, which featured a pair of videos touting the names (in the recognizable AHS font) of the forthcoming season’s cast over scenes of a beach, set to Orville Peck’s spooky “Dead Of Night”:
The news comes not even two weeks after Esquire ran a profile of Culkin, who has, by his own telling, carved out a nice life for himself largely free from the public eye—or as removed as he can be for someone who became a household name at the age of 10 thanks to his instantly-iconic role in Home Alone. Over the past 15 years, since the release of Party Monster and Saved!, Culkin has mostly stepped away from acting; he’s not retired, per se, but his appearances in film and television are few and far between. Recently, he guest-starred in an episode of the Hulu series Dollface, opposite his real-life girlfriend, Brenda Song.
All of which is to say it’s fairly surprising to see Culkin signing on for a regular role in a prominent television series—but a pleasant surprise. American Horror Story’s 10th season also features Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters (both of whom sat out the ninth season), along with Kathy Bates, Billie Lourd, Finn Wittrock, Lily Rabe, Adina Porter, Leslie Grossman and Angelica Ross (who made her AHS debut last season). Season 10 will premiere sometime later this year on FX.
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I love Mac and this might actually bring me back to AHS. *watches an episode of Hotel* Ok maybe not.
Hotel and 1984 are great.
I am glad you liked them.
Yeah I was thinking hmm I like the usage of Orville Peck and Mac has me intrigued, Billie Lord is fun. Guess I’ll try again then I’ll probably abandon it mid season per usual.
A Succession season 3 cameo is pretty much a lock now, huh
He and Brenda Song met while he was filming Changeland with Seth Green.
I watched that on a plane last week. It’s not a good movie and is basically a clone of every ‘sad guy searches for meaning’ indie movie of the late ‘90s, but Culkin is, um, interesting. I’m not even sure he’s acting. I think he just kinda showed up and enjoyed the free vacation to Thailand.
Yeah, watched this with the fiancee a few nights ago because she’s a big Culkin fan (Party Monster is her favorite movie). It was nice in that we’ve been wanting to take a trip to Thailand, and the movie is a fantastic ad for Thailand. As far as the story goes though, nah.
It’s weird how Seth Green has been so successful, because he is one of the most limp-dick actors I’ve ever seen. Zach Braff is fucking Olivier compared to Seth Green.
He’s definitely having a good time.
This interview came out months ago, but guys, if you didn’t catch it, below is the link. This is one hilarious interview with Macaulay Culkin and Devon Sawa about life as child stars and dammit it should have been filmed live.
https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/macaulay-culkin-devon-sawa-interview.html
Oh man, that’s delightful. Especially because I had Devon Sawa and Brad Renfro mixed up in my head, and apparently that’s a common issue that Sawa has to deal with.
Odd, I thought he’d died and become a digital ghost that moves from YouTube video to YouTube video….Or was that Devon Sawa?
If you’re actually inquiring a famous child actor that is gone and kinda similar is the kid from Ladybugs and some other stuff.
Not really inquiring. Just commenting on his propensity for being in a lot of YouTube videos and making a nod to the “feud” he had with Sawa.
When I read this post I was 99% sure that Devon Sawa had died a few years ago, and I was going to say something about too soon. But according to The Googles it was Brad Renfro.Carry on.
This means Rich Evans can be mercifully be away from The Culkster for a few months…
Exactly!For anyone that isn’t “in the know”, “Mack” regularly shows up on Red Letter Media’s various YouTube videos.
The last Black Spine edition was totally saved by Jays wheelchair antics.
Rich Evans? Thing I know!
Lousy kerning.
I dig it. I like Culkin and AHS’ casting is basically an employment scheme for nepotism and has-beens.