Final Destination star Devon Sawa reveals he was SECOND choice to Macaulay Culkin for one of his most famous roles
Final Destination star Devon Sawa has revealed that he was in fact the second choice for one of his best-remembered projects.
The 45-year-old actor first rose to prominence in the 1990s, playing juvenile roles in movies including Casper and Little Giants.
In recent years, he has acquired a whole new fanbase playing several characters on the horror comedy series Chucky about the iconic evil doll.
Now, however, Devon has told the story one of his most famous roles from his early career - and revealed he almost failed to secure the part.
He was the fallback option after Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin turned down the role, Devon told Entertainment Tonight.
Devon Sawa has revealed that he was in fact the second choice for one of his best-remembered projects; pictured last month
The 45-year-old first rose to prominence playing juvenile roles in movies including Final Destination, which he is pictured in (left) with Amanda Detmer (center) and Ken Smith (right)
The project was the beloved Eminem music video Stan, which was released in 2000 and featured Devon as the title character.
Stan is an Eminem super-fan whose obsession with the rap star leads to disaster both for him and his pregnant girlfriend, played by the English songstress Dido.
Devon has now confessed: 'They went out to Macaulay Culkin first. I think that they wanted him, and he wasn't available, or didn't want to do it or whatever.'
Dr. Dre then 'suggested' Devon because he 'was a fan' of the 2000 movie Final Destination, which featured Devon in the lead role.
'There happened to be somebody in the casting office that knew somebody who was friends with me, and they called me that way...and it ended up working out pretty good,' he recalled. 'It's also one of the proudest things I've been a part of.'
In the Stan music video, Devon's character adopts a uncannily similar look to Eminem and lip-syncs the lyrics to the song.
Devon recounted a bit of initial awkwardness on set, saying: 'I'll never forget, they told me on the day that I was going to lip-sync it.'
The Vancouver native shared: 'I remember, after the first take I did, Dre running in and being like: "It was good, but can you try it with some rhythm this time?" And I was like: "Oh my God." And that was kind of how the day went.'
One of Devon's best-known roles, which he played in 2000, was initially offered to Macaulay Culkin, who is pictured that year in rehearsals for the West End play Madame Melville
However one of his most famous projects was the beloved Eminem music video Stan, which was released in 2000 and featured Devon as the title character
Stan is an Eminem super-fan whose obsession with the rap star leads to disaster both for him and his pregnant girlfriend, played by the English songstress Dido
In the Stan music video, Devon's character adopts a uncannily similar look to Eminem and lip-syncs the lyrics to the song
He fondly dished: 'But it's such an iconic video. Dr. Dre was there, D12 was there, I think Snoop was wandering around, Cypress Hill. It was just such a wild three days of filmmaking, it was amazing.'
As for the lyric, he admitted: 'I'll tell you one thing, I know it better now than I did that day. Because I've heard it millions of times since.'
A few years ago, Devon was asked about the Stan music video on what was then known as Twitter and described the on-set atmosphere as 'a huge party.'
Devon, who was 22 when the video came out, confessed he 'was already a little dark in my early 20s,' which made it easier for him to play the disquieting role.
