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“Malcolm successful nan Middle” is backmost — but 1 acquainted look walked distant from a awesome payday to return for nan deed show.
Erik Per Sullivan, who played nan titular characteristic Malcolm’s younger relative Dewey, turned down “buckets of money” to prima successful the Disney+ reboot, according to his erstwhile co-star Jane Kaczmarek.
Instead, nan erstwhile kid star, now 34, has focused connected academics, pursuing a master’s grade successful Victorian lit astatine Harvard and staying retired of nan spotlight.
“He’s studying Dickens and is an unthinkable student,” Kaczmarek told The Guardian. “They offered him buckets of money to travel back, and he conscionable said, ‘No convey you.’”
The four-episode revival reunites Frankie Muniz arsenic Malcolm, Bryan Cranston and Kaczmarek arsenic Malcolm’s parents Hal and Lois, on pinch Chris Masterson and Justin Berfield arsenic Malcolm’s older brothers Francis and Reese, pinch nan communicative now pursuing a grown-up Malcolm raising a daughter.
Speaking to The Post successful November 2025, Muniz revealed Sullivan is “very happy successful nan life that he’s created extracurricular of nan intermezo world.”
“He made nan determination that he didn’t want to get backmost into it — which we wholly respect,” he said, adding that nary 1 from nan formed wanted to “force” Sullivan “to do thing he didn’t want to do.”
“We had his blessing from time 1 to person nan domiciled beryllium successful nan show and recast it. So I dream group aren’t excessively upset that he didn’t travel back, but it was by his choice.”
Sullivan starred successful “Malcolm successful nan Middle” from 2000 to 2006. He hasn’t acted since 2010, past appearing successful nan crime thriller “Twelve,” and has mostly stayed retired of nationalist position since then.
In April 2025, Sullivan was photographed retired successful nationalist for nan first clip successful 18 years erstwhile he was spotted leaving his location successful Boston to drawback a coffee.
The show later tabbed “Fargo” character Caleb Ellsworth-Clark to represent Dewey successful nan reboot.
“We started talking astir doing nan reboot complete 10 years ago,” Muniz told The Post.
“And past Bryan Cranston really benignant of took nan lead successful pushing it. But early on, we sent retired an email, maine and Bryan, to everybody benignant of saying like, ‘Hey, if this happened, would you guys beryllium interested?’ Just to gauge.”
“And we knew early connected that Erik was not going to beryllium isolated of it,” Muniz added.
