Bryan Cranston Reveals Erik Per Sullivan's Reason for Turning Down “Malcolm in the Middle ”Revival

Bryan Cranston is looking guardant to reuniting pinch his Malcolm successful nan Middle family – isolated from for Erik Per Sullivan, whose profession has taken a caller turn.

In nan Wednesday, June 12 section of Fly connected nan Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade, Cranston opened up astir revisiting nan deed show that paved nan measurement for kid actors Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, and more.

"It's astonishing really these boys who were my boys connected that show are now astir nan aforesaid property I was erstwhile we first started, and they've sewage children of their own," Cranston, 69, said.

When asked if Per Sullivan, who played nan fan-favorite Dewey Wilkerson, nan 4th kid successful nan family of kid prodigy Malcolm (Muniz) would return, he confirmed that he would not.

"I talked to Erik and I said, 'Hey, we sewage nan show! It's going to travel back.' He goes, 'Oh, that's fantastic!' And I go, 'Yeah, truthful we're looking guardant to having you back.' He goes, 'Oh, no, no, I don't want to do it. But it's fantastic,' " Cranston recounted of their conversation.

The character additionally shed ray connected what Per Sullivan has been up to complete nan years since his departure from Hollywood.

"He's really going to Harvard," Cranston explained. "He's really, really smart, and he's getting his master's astatine Harvard correct now. He said, 'Oh God, no, I haven't acted since I was 9 aliases something. So I'm not into it.' "

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Malcolm successful nan Middle aired from 2000 to 2006 connected Fox. The show went connected to triumph 7 Emmy awards. In nan astir 20 years since nan show's conclusion, nan loyal fanbase has pushed for a revival, and Cranston was moving down nan scenes to present conscionable that.

"It's thing I was pushing for for nan past 10 years, because I thought that nan assemblage is there," he said, but it took years of discussions pinch bid creator Linwood Boomer to get things disconnected nan ground.

"I conscionable started wearing him down until he said, 'I've sewage an idea.' I said, 'good,' " he said.

Malcolm successful nan Middle will return for a limited, four-episode revival connected Disney+. A premiere day has not been announced yet.

Jane Kaczmarek, who played nan Wilkerson family matriarch Lois, Muniz, Christopher Masterson, and Berfield were confirmed to return as brothers Malcolm, Francis, and Reese earlier this year. The domiciled of Dewey will now beryllium played by Wynonna Earp alum Caleb Ellsworth-Clark.