The actor says he regrets missing out on an audition for Wes Anderson's 1998 comedy, which starred Jason Schwartzman in a breakout role. Macaulay Culkin recalls

The actor says he regrets missing out on an audition for Wes Anderson's 1998 comedy, which starred Jason Schwartzman in a breakout role.

Macaulay Culkin recalls finding unread Rushmore script while cleaning out his house: 'Oh, dang'

The actor says he regrets missing out on an audition for Wes Anderson's 1998 comedy, which starred Jason Schwartzman in a breakout role.

By Wesley Stenzel

on August 9, 2025 05:09PM EDT

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Macaulay Culkin in October 2024; Jason Schwartzman in 1998's 'Rushmore'. Credit:

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Macaulay Culkin could have starred in a classic high school movie — but he was too busy going to actual high school.

The *Home Alone* star looked back on his hiatus from acting, which lasted from 1994 to 2003, in a new interview this week.

"I went to high school, I got married way too young, things like that," Culkin told Sean Evans on *Hot Ones*, referring to his short-lived marriage to Rachel Miner from 1998 until 2002.

Macaulay Culkin in January 1998.

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During his break from Hollywood, however, Culkin was still "pretty good" at reading scripts for projects he was offered, he says — but he did overlook one that would have presented a great opportunity.

"I was kind of voraciously reading through the scripts, but there was a couple that slipped through," he recalled. "And I remember about two years later kinda clearing out the house and throwing out the old scripts, and I saw that the one that I didn't read was *Rushmore*. And I was like, 'Oh, dang. I probably could have done that one.'"

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*Rushmore*, which centered on an ambitious prep school student with a debilitating crush on a teacher, was Wes Anderson's 1998 sophomore feature, and it helped launch its young lead Jason Schwartzman's career. It also marked a key moment for Bill Murray as he pivoted from mainstream comedies to more auteur-driven work, earning an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as a Golden Globe nomination for the film.

Still, Culkin clarified that he wouldn't want to see Schwartzman robbed of his breakout role. "I mean, I can't imagine anyone but Schwartzman doing that part," he said. "But at the same time — oh, man, that would have been a ball and a biscuit, that one."

Jason Schwartzman in 1998's 'Rushmore'.

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The *Richie Rich *star briefly mentioned missing out on *Rushmore* in a 2018 Reddit AMA when a fan asked him if a role ever got away. "I was sent the script to *Rushmore.* I was still retired then," he said. "That's a perfect movie."

Schwartzman co-starred with Culkin in a 2022 episode of *The Righteous Gemstones, *and also acted alongside Culkin's fiancée, Brenda Song, in 2024's *The Last Showgirl*.

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Schwartzman also shares character DNA with Culkin's brother Kieran Culkin through their respective roles in *The Hunger Games* franchise. The *Bored to Death* star portrayed commentator Lucretius "Lucky" Flickerman in the 2023 prequel *The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes*, while the *Succession* Emmy winner will play that character's grandson, Caesar Flickerman, in the upcoming *Sunrise on the Reaping*. (Stanley Tucci played an older version of Caesar in the first four *Hunger Games* movies.)

Macaulay Culkin recently made a surprise cameo in an episode of *Running Point*, the basketball comedy in which Song is a series regular. He's also set to appear in season 2 of *Fallout*.**

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