Aisling Bea reveals convincing English accent in trailer for Home Alone reboot

Home Sweet Home Alone also stars Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney as the intruders

A new resourceful child – played by Archie Yates – is tasked with defending his home from dim-witted burglars in the trailer for Disney’s reboot of Home Alone (Philippe Bosse/20th Century Studios/PA)

A new resourceful child is tasked with defending his home from dim-witted burglars in the trailer for Disney’s reboot of Home Alone.

Home Sweet Home Alone – which arrives on the Disney+ streaming service next month – stars British child actor Archie Yates as the left-behind youngster whose family go away for Christmas.

Irish actress Aisling Bea plays the mother desperately trying to get home to see her son while Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney play the intruders.

Bea has responded to some online commentary about her English accent, stating in a video on Twitter that she can't use her own accent when she is playing an English character.

"To everyone who's been wondering why I have an English accent in the new Home Alone movie, it's because the character's English. She's from England. If she was from England and spoke with an Irish accent, then that would be quite strange."

It is also not a true crime documentary about a Mother who leaves her son alone to fend for himself, because if it was I would be in jail. #HomeSweetHomeAlone @disneyplus pic.twitter.com/zO1JJe8GIk

— Aisling Bea (@WeeMissBea) October 12, 2021

The trailer shows Archie’s Max Mercer in familiar scenes for any fans of 1990’s Home Alone – including gorging on sweet treats in a segment inspired by Al Pacino in Scarface.

And the burglars are subjected to painful pranks, with Max seen hitting Delaney’s character in the face with a pool ball.

There was also a familiar face in the trailer.

Archie Yates stars in Home Sweet Home Alone, a reboot for the Disney+ streaming service (20th Century Studios/PA)

Devin Ratray, who played Buzz in the original, makes a brief cameo as a police officer with a badge that says “McCallister”.

Macaulay Culkin, who starred as the enterprising Kevin McCallister in the original, is also said to make an appearance in the film.

Home Sweet Home Alone is directed by Dan Mazer.

It will begin streaming on Disney+ on November 12.