10 Ridiculous Secrets Behind Iconic Movie Scenes

4. Buzz's Girlfriend Is Actually A Boy - Home Alone

One of Home Alone's funniest gags sees Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) sifting through his older brother Buzz's (Devin Ratray) possessions and coming across a framed, less-than-flattering picture of a young woman, to which Kevin memorably quips, "Buzz, your girlfriend. Woof!"

Curious little information about the poor girl was made available online, at least until a 2017 interview where Ratray revealed that the person in the picture wasn't a girl at all, but rather a boy dressed up in a wig.

Ratray said, "[The producers] decided it would be unkind to put a girl in that role of just being funny-looking. The art director had a son who was more than willing to volunteer for the part. I think if he had known it would become the highest-grossing family comedy of all time, he might have had second thoughts about it."

All things considered, that was surely the least-cruel route, and with this new knowledge in mind, the scene is actually even funnier.