{"id":613886,"date":"2026-04-29T20:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/613886\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:24:08","slug":"justin-berfield-feels-bad-malcolm-in-the-middle-revival-brought-attention-to-erik-per-sullivan-just-leave-erik-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/613886\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Berfield Feels Bad &#8216;Malcolm In The Middle&#8217; Revival Brought Attention To Erik Per Sullivan: &#8220;Just Leave Erik Alone&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/justin-berfield\/\" id=\"auto-tag_justin-berfield\" data-tag=\"justin-berfield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Berfield<\/a> is sharing his thoughts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/malcolm-in-the-middle\/\" id=\"auto-tag_malcolm-in-the-middle\" data-tag=\"malcolm-in-the-middle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malcolm in the Middle<\/a> revival and the downside of the show\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMalcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair\u00a0reunited the core cast of the beloved comedy except for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/erik-per-sullivan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_erik-per-sullivan\" data-tag=\"erik-per-sullivan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erik Per Sullivan<\/a>, who played Dewey, who was recast with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter the original series wrapped its seven-season run in 2006, Per Sullivan opted for a quiet life out of the Hollywood spotlight. However, with the reboot underway, people have become interested in Per Sullivan\u2019s whereabouts since the show\u2019s ending, which is something Berfield is not happy about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI actually feel bad because he wants to stay out of the business, and I\u2019ve been seeing, like, paparazzi shots of him,\u201d Berfield said on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9aWxYsIueEo\">Howie Mandel Does Stuff<\/a> podcast. \u201cI\u2019m like, just leave Erik alone. He didn\u2019t want to come back to the show. No hard feelings. Everyone loves him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMandel asked Berfield if the actor who played Dewey regretted his decision not to return to the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cNo,\u201d Berfield answers, adding, \u201cI know they asked him a whole bunch. They asked him like four or five times, and every time he was like, \u2018No.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMalcolm in the Middle centers on Frankie Muniz\u2019s character, who is dragged back into his family\u2019s orbit after Hal and Lois demand his presence at their 40th-anniversary party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hulu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hulu\" data-tag=\"hulu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hulu<\/a> series stars Bryan Cranston (Hal), Frankie Muniz (Malcolm), Jane Kaczmarek (Lois), Christopher Kennedy Masterson (Francis), Justin Berfield (Reese), and Emy Coligado (Piama). They\u2019re joined by new cast members Keeley Karsten (Leah, Malcolm\u2019s daughter), Vaughan Murrae (Kelly, Malcolm\u2019s youngest sibling), Kiana Madeira (Tristan, Malcolm\u2019s girlfriend), and Caleb Ellsworth-Clark (as Dewey).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWatch Berfield\u2019s interview on Howie Mandel\u2019s podcast in the video below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Berfield is sharing his thoughts on the Malcolm in the Middle revival and the downside of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,250426,10028,135538,83480,245314,92],"class_list":["post-613886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-erik-per-sullivan","tag-hulu","tag-justin-berfield","tag-malcolm-in-the-middle","tag-malcolm-in-the-middle-lifeu2019s-still-unfair","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}