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Tim Curry Recalls Ivana Trump Lie, Donald Trump Promoting Marla Maples on Home Alone 2 Set

His new Guardian interview tied to a memoir revives interest in the long-disputed origins of Trump’s cameo at the Plaza Hotel.

Overview

  • Curry says he told Ivana Trump he liked the Plaza Hotel room décor during filming even though he “loathed” it.
  • He recalls Donald Trump being “very anxious” to introduce then‑girlfriend Marla Maples to director Chris Columbus as a “brilliant actress.”
  • The anecdotes were shared in an Oct. 14 Guardian career retrospective as Curry promotes his memoir Vagabond.
  • Curry played the Plaza’s concierge in the 1992 sequel, and Trump, who owned the hotel, makes a brief on‑screen appearance.
  • Columbus has called the cameo an “albatross” and has said Plaza access was conditioned on Trump appearing, a claim Trump denies, saying filmmakers begged him to do it.