Daniel Stern recalled the 'scary' moment co-star Joe Pesci bit then 10-year-old Macaulay Culkin while filming Home Alone. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, he revealed the 'Wet Bandits' were supposed to be feared before audiences realized they were 'idiots.

The actor apologized almost immediately, and was likely just a little too committed to the scene he was playing. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Veteran actor Joe Pesci committed to the bit a little too much when he accidentally bit Macaulay Culkin's finger while shooting 'Home Alone.'

While speaking to The New York Times about the classic movie that many have probably seen 100 times over the years, Culkin recounted Pesci’s Harry threatening to bite Kevin’s fingers off during rehearsal while in character before unintentionally actually doing so. As the actor continued:

Stern, 67, and Pesci, 81, co-starred in the 1990 holiday comedy as the Wet Bandits, two criminals who target the home of Culkin’s character, 8-year-old Kevin McCallister. In order to protect his family home, Kevin sets up a series of booby traps to fend off the conmen.

Macaulay Culkin says Joe Pesci was always trying to scare him on the "Home Alone" set in order to stay true to his character.

The actor recently recalled a time on the set of 'Home Alone' where he sustained an injury from his co-star Joe Pesci.

In fact, it was Culkin’s scene with Candy in that movie that inspired John Hughes, who wrote and directed “Uncle Buck,” to write “Home Alone” for Culkin (”he was a true believer in me,” the actor said of Hughes, who died in 2009).

During a screening of the classic 1990 Christmas comedy earlier this month in Rosemont, Illinois, star Macaulay Culkin, who played Kevin McCallister, revealed that Pesci, who, along with Stern, played a pair of bungling burglars, actually bit him while they rehearsed a scene in which Harry threatened to bite off Kevin’s fingers.

The magic of Home Alone continues to live on, and with it, the amusing and surprising stories from behind the scenes. In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Daniel Stern—best known as Marv,