Before the Harry Potter movies, J.K. Rowling‘s best-selling book series was already a literary phenomenon. If the movies became just as big, the child stars cast as these literary characters would have a life-changing experience.

"I can't have [an actor] go home to a really sort of shaky environment for the sake of a film. It's not worth it," the filmmaker said.

Chris Columbus learned a lot from directing Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, and shared how the experience impacted his casting of Harry Potter. Columbus, who helmed both Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,

Chris Columbus has directed some of the most iconic child performances in movie history as the filmmaker behind “Home Alone” and the first two “Harry Potter” films, and his tip for finding the right kids is to make sure they have the right parents.

Fans of the classic Christmas film "Home Alone" can look forward to Macaulay Culkin stopping in Louisville this holiday season. Culkin, who played the lead role in the 1990 film as a 10 year old, will visit the Louisville Palace in downtown Dec.