{"id":3997,"date":"2026-05-29T18:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mandy-moore-names-former-child-star-who-helped-her-get-into-underage-drinking\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:18:29","slug":"mandy-moore-names-former-child-star-who-helped-her-get-into-underage-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/mandy-moore-names-former-child-star-who-helped-her-get-into-underage-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandy Moore names former child star who helped her get into &#8216;underage drinking&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F129096696.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It was a set to remember. <\/p>\n<p>Mandy Moore revealed Macaulay Culkin got her into underage drinking while filming the 2004 teen comedy \u201cSaved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Production on the movie \u2014 which followed a group of teenagers at a Christian high school \u2014 took place in Vancouver in 2003 where the legal drinking age is 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do remember a little bit of underage drinking,\u201d Moore confessed while on Thursday\u2019s episode of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DY4zaD8Dk2P\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the \u201cShut Up Evan\u201d podcast<\/a>. \u201cAs it happened, I was like, \u2018Look, I didn\u2019t go to high school.\u2019 I was 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Mandy Moore shared that Macaulay Culkin (pictured here together in 2004) helped her and co-stars Jena Malone, Patrick Fugit and Eva Amurri, underage drink while shooting the 2004 comedy \u201cSaved.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The legal drinking age in British Columbia is 19, and since the \u201cHome Alone\u201d star (pictured here in the movie with Moore and Malone) was the oldest in the group, he introduced them to White Russians. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9United Artists\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Since Culkin was the oldest in the group \u2014 which included co-stars Jena Malone, Patrick Fugit and Eva Amurri \u2014 and was able to legally drink in Canada, he \u201cintroduced\u201d them to \u201ca White Russian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018Milk and alcohol? This is made for me,\u201d Moore recalled. \u201cI love this! This is like ice cream, this is fantastic!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time of filming, the actress was fresh off of 2001\u2019s \u201cPrincess Diaries\u201d and 2002\u2019s \u201cA Walk to Remember.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018This will be a fun,&#8217;\u201d Moore recalled thinking. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The singer (pictured here in a scene with Elizabeth Thai and Martin Donovan) recalled, \u201cI was like, \u2018Milk and alcohol? This is made for me. I love this! This is like ice cream, this is fantastic!&#8217;\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9United Artists\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Moore (pictured here with Malone) said filming the movie with her co-stars made her feel like \u201ca cool kid.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9United Artists\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd the fact that I\u2019d had so much fun doing both of those films, namely\u00a0\u2018Princess Diaries,\u2019 because it was with a lot of other young people \u2014 I was like, \u2018Oh, this is like summer camp!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once on the set of \u201cSaved,\u201d Moore instantly bonded with her fellow castmates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like a cool kid,\u201d the \u201cThis is Us\u201d alum gushed. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh, I get to sit at the cool kids table with these young Hollywood kids that are making really cool choices, and they\u2019re a part of really great films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite some drinking, Moore insisted that the young stars were well-behaved. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cThis is Us\u201d alum (pictured here with Malone and Culkin) added that she got to sit \u201cat the cool kids table with these young Hollywood kids that are making really cool choices, and they\u2019re a part of really great films.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9United Artists\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Despite partaking in some drinking, the \u201cCandy\u201d artist (pictured here with Amurri and Culkin in 2004) said that the group of teens was actually \u201csweet\u201d and \u201cinnocent.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI distinctly remember the sweet, innocent \u2014 like, we would take giant marshmallows and throw them at people off the balcony,\u201d she detailed. \u201cWe were kids! We weren\u2019t really getting up to no good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moore called working on \u201cSaved\u201d a \u201ccrazy, crazy life-changing experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just loved the script and the character, and I thought it was really irreverent and funny, and also like gonna move the needle,\u201d she mused. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actress (pictured here with Heather Matarazzo and  Anne Hathaway) previously starred in 2001\u2019s \u201cPrincess Diaries\u201d and \u201cA Walk to Remember\u201d in 2002. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Walt Disney Co.\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Moore (pictured here with Shane West in \u201cA Walk to Remember\u201d) was hoping that a movie like \u201cSaved\u201d would shake up her image. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The part of self-righteous Hilary Faye Stockard was also unlike any role Moore had done before.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCandy\u201d artist remembers hoping it would \u201copen up a door to other projects,\u201d and allow people to see her \u201cin a different light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moore went on to appear in a series of different genres, including rom-coms, horror and adventure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In the cult classic, the SAG Award winner (pictured here with Culkin in 2004) played self-righteous high school student Hilary Faye Stockard. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The mom of three recalled thinking that \u201cSaved\u201d would also \u201copen up a door to other projects.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The icon also starred in the hit NBC drama \u201cThis Is Us\u201d for six seasons from 2016 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>While on the series, Moore received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 and 2019, Moore and the rest of the cast \u2014 which included Milo Ventimiglia, Chrissy Metz, Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley \u2014 took home the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/celebrity-news\/mandy-moore-names-former-child-star-who-helped-her-get-into-underage-drinking\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a set to remember. 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