US: Where do you think your character would be today? Still working there? You can barely see my eyes at all because I was that exhausted. I remember watching the playback and my eyes were like a slit. The benefit was I had no energy to doubt myself at all. I remember that first week I worked on the movie that weekend was Saturday Night Live and I think I had been up for like 132 hours. His hotel gave me a room to sleep in during the day, which was really necessary. I think he was pleasant and exceedingly happy to have us all there. If you would have said who was going to be president of the United States on that set I would have guessed Dana Ivey more than him. He was famous at that time as a real estate mogul and I think liked the idea of being in a big movie. RS: He did like nine or 10 takes looking back confused like what is the kid doing by himself in the hotel. US: What was it like to work with Donald Trump? I’ve been in the room where Kevin and we did the scene where he’s watching the movie and we all think we’re going to get shot. RS: A bunch of times I’ve been in there and I saw the different places that we had worked. US: Have you returned to The Plaza since? When you stand next to him you’re better. … Tim is just one of those guys who raises your game. If he had lines or not his expressions would always just steal the scene. talked to the prop guy, “Hey, give me a handful of cash.” So I’m counting money and he goes, “Cedric, don’t count your tops in front of the cliental.” And the next thing you know it’s in the movie. He would do a scene and do seven completely different takes and all of them were fantastic. When you first start in acting you think you find one way to do it and you try to do it over and over again the best way you can. He changed my whole idea about acting and comic acting. This guy was just wonderful to work with. Talk about your early movies getting to work with a guy who’s like a comedic maestro. US: What was it like working with Tim Curry? I mean it was literally from the hotel and so that was my name in the movie. RS: Yea, they were The Plaza bellman uniforms. I was really born to be a bellman I guess because every one of those outfits fit me perfect. We were very protective inside the hotel and I was dressed - literally I just went into the closet and they got me a bellman outfit. … I do think we were working in a little bubble. It’s kind of like time stands still or it feels like yesterday. I think when people work together in a close knit way like a film there’s an intimacy of actors working on the same project. I bumped into him another time and just gave him a hug. Always a sweet and very professional kid. RS: I saw him when he hosted Saturday Night Live and I think he was great and happy to be there. “And I was just thinking, ‘Wow, that’s got to be tough for anybody.’”įor more, read the rest of his Q&A below: They slowly stepped down the stairs of the trailer and then crossed the street at a snail’s pace while 100 paparazzi - this was way before selfies - with cameras on sticks trying to take pictures of this guy,” he tells Us. I leave the trailer and he puts his face in the middle of a bodyguard’s back - literally - with other bodyguards and they moved four inches at a time. “I remember talking to him and joking around and we were all in wardrobe and makeup and to walk to set. And while filming, Schneider got a taste of what the child star went through at the height of his success. The franchise made Culkin a household name. Because the first one was.” Rob Schneider attends the premiere of “Flatliners” at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on Septemin Los Angeles, California. It’s the only movie I’ve ever done that I was 100 percent sure it was going to be a smash hit. There’s not a lot of wholesome movies and truthfully who was the last male child comedy star? It was him! It was a special thing and he was a special kid. “I think for the kids who grew up watching it who now have kids I think it’s a nice thing to share. “You hope for these things,” Schneider says. This time around, Kevin would meet Cedric and Concierge ( Tim Curry) when he stayed at The Plaza Hotel. Schneider was a big fan of the original movie, which starred Macaulay Culkin (Kevin McCallister), Joe Pesci (Harry) and Daniel Stern (Marv). I can work on this show during the day and then Saturday Night Live at night.’ They gave me a hotel room between setups so I would take a little 20-minute nap and I got through it.” “I just said to myself, ‘Look, I’m in my twenties I don’t need to sleep. And it was just a blast,” the actor recalls exclusively to Us Weekly. I thought it was just a meeting but they said, ‘Hey, we would love to have you in this movie.’ I thought I was just auditioning not getting a role. “Because I was on Saturday Night Live they wanted to meet with me in New York. 9 Movies That Sleigh This Season Read article
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