[The Villain]

Originally Posted by horcrux2007

I thought him being in Home Alone and then this made it worse. Everyone thought he was "cute" (I guess) in the 90's when Home Alone first came out, and he was in a bunch of other family movies as well. Seeing him kill a dog, cause a 10 car pile up, and almost drown his sister isn't really something a young and innocent kid should be playing. Had it been another child actor who wasn't well known and could act, it wouldn't have been as bad. I understand that it's more shocking when an actor who usually plays the good guy suddenly portrays someone completely evil, but for a child, it's different.

To me it just added to the shock factor of it. Maybe he didn't want to keep playing innocent little kid roles. Not that it really worked out well for him for his future career.