Joe Pesci got some very real burns while filming a famous Home Alone scene
Joe Pesci took some flames to the dome while shooting one of Home Alone's iconic scenes

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The original Home Alone franchise is known for its elaborate ways of doling out pain on its villains. As Goodfellas’ Joe Pesci can attest, taking on the role of Harry in the first two Home Alone films required him to play into the over-the-top physicality of the franchise’s humor.
“It was a nice change of pace to do that particular type of slapstick comedy,” Pesci tells PEOPLE in a new interview. “But the Home Alone movies were a more physical type of comedy, therefore, a little more demanding.”