'Home Alone' director finally answers what the McCallisters did for a living

"Home Alone" director, Chris Columbus, shared on The Hollywood Reporter's "Awards Chatter" podcast how Macaulay Culkin was cast and what the characters did for work.

In the film, not only does the family live in a mansion in Chicago, but the parents, played by Catherine O'Hara and John Heard, are able to pay for a trip to Paris, for 15 people, including both their immediate and extended family members. Many fans of the film have been wondering, since the movie's 1990 release, how the couple were able to afford everything. "We thought the mother, at the time, because we used mannequins in the basement — I do remember having a conversation — she was a very successful fashion designer." Lori Bashian is an entertainment production assistant for Fox News Digital. 

"Back then, John and I had a conversation about it, and we decided on what the jobs were," Columbus said. "We thought the mother, at the time, because we used mannequins in the basement — I do remember having a conversation — she was a very successful fashion designer. The father could have, based on John Hughes' own experience, worked in advertising, but I don’t remember what the father did."