home plate Alone(1990 ) andHarry Potter and the Sorcerer ’s Stone(2001 ) do have sure topical parallels . The main characters are sweater - clad child who encounter their life threatened by malevolent adults because other adults failed to keep a closer center on them . Both film are alsopretty Christmas - y , albeit to varying level .
But the two classics share more than that . AsPolygon reports , Chris Columbus — who direct both flick — on purpose drew fromHome Alonein a couple specific ways when working on the firstPotterfilm . The first had to do with Macaulay Culkin : Columbus think his performance as Kevin McCallister seemed exceptionally authentic , and he searched for kids who could achieve “ that same sort of reality ” while portraying Harry and his friends .
“ What happens when you contrive an worker who has not had a lot of experience is that they bring in a tremendous amount of world , naturalism , and comedy based on inherent aptitude , not base on the fact that they ’ve done seven years of a Nickelodeon show , ” Columbus told Polygon . “ So for me , [ the goal ] was finding these unknown actor who could basically become these character . ”
While working onHome Alone , Columbus instructed the costume section , the set designer , and everyone else to make decisions that would “ experience timeless . ” He embraced that directive forHarry Potter , too .
“ The end was , if you ’re in Hogwarts , you may not be able to tell what twelvemonth this film was shot . This could have been shot in 1956 , perchance 1977 . perhaps it was shot in 2020 . And that ’s the matter I ’m most gallant of : You ca n’t really pinpoint it , ” Columbus said .
[ h / tPolygon ]
