Macaulay Culkin says dangerous ‘My Girl’ filming wouldn’t happen today

Macaulay Culkin’s early days in Hollywood were not for the faint of heart, and he doesn’t think it’s possible today.

The actor, who was under 10 years old when filming classics like “Uncle Buck” and “Home Alone,” recently talked about a wild experience filming as a kid, and was adamant that some of the things he endured for the sake of the movie “won’t fly these days.”

During an appearance “In the movie… with Kevin McCarthy” On the podcast, Culkin was asked about the 1991 movie “My Girl,” in which his character, Thomas J. Sennett, dies from an allergic reaction after being exposed to multiple bee stings. He admitted that he wasn’t impressed with depicting death, but what struck him more was working with bees.

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“The way they did it, they wouldn’t do it today,” he said. “They put this thing on my fingertips that smelled like a queen bee. So it pulled into my hands, so I wasn’t a threat… They actually released thousands of bees on me. Imagine that.”

He continued, “Those were real fucking bees, man. They can’t fly these days, boy.”

Culkin explained that he was instructed to wave his hands in front of his face to get the bees to flock there, which would look “good for the camera.”

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Culkin admitted that many things that happened when he was a child star “wouldn’t go away” today. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Image)

He also said that after the scene was filmed, he was told to wash his hands and then go to a nearby forest, away from the bees.

“The beekeeper gave me some advice,” he recalled. “‘Man can run faster than bees fly,’ he says. ‘But I’m 10 years old. How fast do you think I am?’ I thought.”

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They did four shots and he said he wasn’t stung even once.

The actor talked about another scene where his character and Vada, played by Anna Chlumsky, jump into a lake.

Anna Chlumsky starred opposite Culkin in “My Girl.” (Getty Images)

He said he saw trappers on the set during filming, but later learned that the trappers were catching poisonous snakes, which were then used as bait to catch turtles, which were used as bait for the crocodiles wandering around the lake.

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“And I was like, ‘What lake are we jumping into? God, have you ever heard of a swimming pool?’ I thought.” Culkin joked. “Oh my God, they’re throwing bees at me, there’s alligators everywhere… Like I said, some of these things can’t fly these days.”