Home Alone viewers are all baffled after only just realising who the police officer is… but did you spot the key detail?
32 years after the first legendary Home Alone film hit our screens and some fans are just realising who the police officer at the start is.
Sergeant Larry Balzak, who only appeared at the start of the film, attempted to get someone’s attention while the McCallister kids ran wild with no adults in sight.
The cop then managed to warn Kevin’s father Peter that there are ‘a lot of burglaries around the holidays’, so he wants to make sure the family is taking the proper precautions.
Shocking: 32 years after the first legendary Home Alone film hit our screens and some fans are just realising who the police officer at the start is
Peter then reveals all, explaining the family has automatic timers for the lights and locks on the doors.
With the cop finding out the family jet off on holiday the next again morning he happily leaves and doesn’t appear in the film again. However, the actor who plays him, Joe Pesci does and fans are only just realising.
It turns out the cop is also one of the wet bandit robbers Harry and was in fact looking for information to help him break into the lavish house.
Characters: The cop doesn’t return to the film again but the actor who plays him, Joe Pesci does as one of the wet bandit robbers
Shocked fans expressed their disbelief on Twitter, with one penning: ‘How old were you when you found out the cop in the beginning of home alone is also the robber ??? because I found out about two minutes ago’
Anther wrote: ‘Hold on… the cop in the beginning of Home Alone is the robber at the end of the movie. WTF’
A third said: ‘It’s taken me 10+ years to realise the cop in home alone is secretly the robber’
One added: ‘Guys I just had my mind blown… I just figured out the cop at the beginning of Home Alone was the robber too…’
Shocked fans expressed their disbelief on Twitter, with one penning: ‘How old were you when you found out the cop in the beginning of home alone is also the robber ??? because I found out about two minutes ago’
Unlike many of the other actors in the film, Joe was already a massive star, best known for his portrayal of Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas, which came out just months before Home Alone.
In 1991 he won the supporting actor Oscar for his role in the crime drama directed by Martin Scorsese.
He reprised his role of Harry Lime next to Daniel Stern’s Marv Merchants for the second installment of the Home Alone franchise.
Despite other successful roles in films such as Casino, My Cousin Vinny, Gone Fishin’ and Lethal Weapon 3 and 4, the actor kept out of the limelight after 1999, announcing his retirement from acting to focus on his music career.
Pesci, who is now 79 years old, came out of retirement to star in the 2019 film The Irishman, which earned him an Oscar nomination.
He also stars as Pete Davidson’s grandfather in Bupkis, the forthcoming Peacock comedy series based on a fictionalized version of Davidson’s life.
Robbers: It turns out the cop is also one of the wet bandit robbers Harry and was in fact looking for information to help him break into the house
The Home Alone sequel opened on November 20, 1992, following Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) as he finds himself alone in New York City … where he runs into the Wet Bandits (Pesci and Daniel Stern) once again.
The sequel follows Kevin, whose family is heading to Miami for the Christmas holiday… though Kevin gets lost at the airport and ends up in New York City instead.
He discovers that the Wet Bandits have escaped from prison and made their way to the Big Apple too, where they clash once again.
Sequel: The sequel follows Kevin, whose family is heading to Miami for the Christmas holiday… though Kevin gets lost at the airport and ends up in New York City instead
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