{"id":10430,"date":"2025-06-14T12:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T12:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=10430"},"modified":"2025-06-14T12:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T12:04:01","slug":"bryan-cranston-reveals-why-erik-per-sullivan-declined-malcolm-in-the-middle-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=10430","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Cranston reveals why Erik Per Sullivan declined Malcolm in the Middle revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Much of the original Malcolm in the Middle cast is reuniting for a Disney+ revival, but Erik Per Sullivan, who famously played Dewey, will not be returning. Bryan Cranston recently revealed the reason behind Sullivan\u2019s absence during his appearance on the Fly on the Wall podcast hosted by Dana Carvey and David Spade.<\/p>\n<p>Cranston, who reprises his role as the well-meaning father Hal, described revisiting the character as \u201crewarding.\u201d When asked about Sullivan, now 33, Cranston shared that he had reached out personally. \u201cI talked to Erik and I said, \u2018Hey, we got the show! It\u2019s going to come back.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s fantastic!\u2019 And I go, \u2018Yeah, so we\u2019re looking forward to having you back.\u2019 He goes, \u2018Oh, no, no, I don\u2019t want to do it. But it\u2019s fantastic.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the enthusiasm, Sullivan, who is currently pursuing a master\u2019s degree at Harvard, made it clear he has moved on from acting. \u201cHe said, \u2018Oh God, no, I haven\u2019t acted since I was 9 or something. So I\u2019m not into it,\u2019\u201d Cranston added.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of his decision, the role of Dewey has been recast, with actor Caleb Ellsworth-Clark (Wynonna Earp) stepping in. It remains to be seen whether the series will address this casting change in a meta or humorous way. The four-episode revival is set to premiere on Disney+ in December.<\/p>\n<p>Cranston also noted that he had been advocating for a reunion for over a decade. Show creator Linwood Boomer was initially hesitant but eventually agreed after years of persuasion.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much of the original Malcolm in the Middle cast is reuniting for a Disney+ revival, but Erik Per Sullivan, who famously played Dewey, will not be returning. Bryan Cranston recently revealed the reason behind Sullivan\u2019s absence during his appearance on the Fly on the Wall podcast hosted by Dana Carvey and David Spade. Cranston, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}