Jigsaw and Kevin even physically resemble one another. Is Duncan's Toy Chest in Home Alone 2 a real store? Filming & Production *****Subscribe to this channel! There's also all the cash that Peter has stashed in his carry-on bag in the sequel, which Kevin winds up using to fund his adventures in New York City. Macaulay Culkin has since endorsed a petition, SCOTUS Now Just Another Congressional Committee, Trump Ramps up Attacks on DeSantis: 'Dropping Like a Rock', Russian Strikes on Pavlohrad Aim to Hamper Ukraine's Counteroffensive, Greg Abbott Criticized for Response to Texas Shooting: 'A New Low', Democrat Sold First Republic Stock, Bought JP Morgan Before Collapse, Conservative Influencers Struggle With Countering Biden's Messaging. One high point was their production of Show Boat in which he played Captain Andy Hawkes. Other filming locations include the World Trade Center, the New York Subway and Central park, while in Chicago, scenes were shot in the Hilton Hotel (the room interiors of the Plaza Hotel) and at O'Hare International Airport. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Uncle Frank also really, really doesn't like Kevin. That's kind of quick for what seems like a pretty serious injury. The article also notes that Kevin suffers from hallucinations involving the creepy furnace in his parents' basement and that it's similar to one of the terrifying traps Jigsaw uses in one of the Saw films. Elliot-Fox "E.F." Duncan was the owner of Duncan's Toy Chest . Release Dates Much like Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Kevin is portrayed as bitter and ungrateful. In 2021, following the January 6 Capitol insurrection, a petition circulated to get Trump's cameo removed. A writer for Crave came up with a theory arguing he's a criminal and formed an elaborate conspiracy in the first Home Alone to rob his brother and kill Kevin in the process. Today the building features lots of businesses with a US Bank and a Brooks Brothers standing out on the ground floor. It's only after Kevin's chat with the kind old chap behind the counter that he sees a portrait of the same guy with 'Mr Duncan' written underneath. Mr. Duncan But Polaroids print the photos there and then, so even if he did lob his camera down to Harry, he'd still have the evidence. Then I watched again and saw that Kevin wrote the note to Mr. Duncan on Plaza Hotel stationery before it gets taped to the brick thrown through the store window. Was mr Duncan a ghost When Kevin talks to mr Duncan, is he really talking to a ghost, as he walks out he sees mr Duncan's portrait then turns around and he is gone. As Grantland theorized in 2014, it's possible that the crafty Kevin grew up to become the even craftier Jigsaw. Kevin returns to the toy store at midnight, after sipping some hot choc and listening to carols with the pigeon lady, and setting up his Uncle Rob's house with boobytraps. The film shot some scenes inside the real Plaza Hotel, but there's not actually a pool there. Consider the facts that both characters have anger-control issues, use recorded video and audio to torment their targets, and have no problems with severely hurting their victims. So maybe just maybe the presumably quite wealthy Duncan is her ex. Kevin replies with something really interesting here: "maybe they're just too busy, maybe they don't forget about you, but they forget to remember you.