Home Alone 2 director Chris Columbus has spoken out about how Donald Trump bullied his way into making an appearance in the festive film.

As Home Alone fans will know, the 1992 sequel features a brief cameo from the man who would eventually go on to become president, and in a new interview, its director has explained how this came to be.

Speaking to Insider , Columbus explained that a condition for filming a scene in the Plaza Hotel would be that its then-owner, Trump, also appear in it.