Scarlett Johansson has won hearts with movies like Lucy and as the fictional Black Widow in the Avengers franchise. However, not many realized that long before landing those breakthrough roles, she had a stint on one of the world’s most-watched Christmas movies. That’s right, Scarlett Johansson starred as Molly, Alex Pruitt’s sister in Home Alone 3. The third installment, which saw Alex D. Linz’s character Alex Pruitt take the spotlight away from Macaulay Culkin, followed a little boy stuck at home at Christmas after coming down with Chicken pox.
Fans Go Wild over Scarlett Johansson’s Home Alone Role
Like his predecessor, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), the young Alex had to take on criminals to defend his home. It didn’t deter him that the intruders were international terrorists in search of a microchip hidden in a toy car that he happened to possess. Back to Scarlett Johansson, the then-eleven-year-old played the main character, Alex’s big sister, Molly in the Home Alone installment released in 1997. In the movie, Scarlett’s character famously said the lines, “Alex slammed the toilet seat down on his thing again!!!”
Being much younger at the time, she looked significantly different, with her peculiar lips offering the only atom of familiarity. With another festive season reviving the Home Alone craze, fans came to spot one detail overlooked over the years. One Redditor drew attention to the interesting discovery weeks back, admitting they wished they’d known sooner. The user wrote,
“I have never watched Home Alone 3 until today. A young Scarlett Johansson plays the older sibling of the main character. If I had known she was in this movie I probably would’ve watched it sooner lol.”
Fans were left completely stunned at the realization, utilizing various social media platforms to voice their astonishment. Via X, formerly Twitter one fan reacted to seeing Scarlet Johansson on Home Alone 3, writing,
“How the hecking HECK did I not know Scar Jo is in Home Alone 3?”
Another fan tweeted,
“Scar Jo is in Home Alone 3 and my mind is blown.”
Having so many miss Scarlett Johansson’s appearance on Home Alone for so long is not so farfetched, especially with her significant role as MCU’s Black Widow overshadowing her career beginnings. The actress once admitted her daughter, Rosie did not recognize her younger self the first time she saw Home Alone. Scarlett Johanson had to call the girl’s attention to the oversight before she realized her mom played the Molly character.
Now 39, Scarlett has taken on more projects, landing lead roles in the sci-fi, Lucy, and 2021’s Black Widow, which spotlighted her Avengers character in a breakout movie.