What pictured child actor almost outshone John Candy in the film 'Uncle Buck' and was personally recommended by writer John Hughes for his scripted film 'Home Alone'?

Macaulay Culkin, son of former child actor Kit Culkin and Patricia Bentrup, is one of the most well-known and recognizable American child actors. Chris Columbus, director of the 1990 film 'Home Alone', auditioned Culkin first but went on to audition hundreds of other children as well, finally admitting that nobody was as good as Culkin.

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