No matter the place life takes him, Frankie Muniz will all the time have a TV dad in Bryan Cranston.
The 2x Golden Globe nominee not too long ago revealed that his Malcolm within the Middle co-star nonetheless checks in on him “each couple of weeks” after enjoying his dad Hal on the Fox sitcom that ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2006.
“I began working with him once I was 11, 12 years previous. He actually grew to become like a father determine to me,” he defined on Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast. “And then even nonetheless to this present day, he’s basically like a Hollywood god at this level. You know what I imply? He’s accomplished unimaginable movies, unimaginable exhibits, received tons of awards. He’s actually It.”
Muniz added, “He nonetheless reaches out to me each couple of weeks, examine in on me. He actually cares about what I’m doing, involves the races, if my band was enjoying, got here to exhibits. I imply, he’s such an inspiration, and like I stated, that’s what I attempt to be that for another person sooner or later.”
Malcolm within the Middle starred Muniz because the titular pubescent genius, whose mother and father Hal and Lois (Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek) battle to boost their working class household, together with Malcolm’s three trouble-making brothers (Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Justin Berfield and Erik Per Sullivan).
Last yr, Cranston mentioned the “chance” of reuniting for a revival of the collection. “There was some speak about the opportunity of doing, like, a reunion film of Malcolm within the Middle,” he informed E! News in January 2023.
“We had such an amazing household on that, and I definitely could be open to that if there was a good suggestion that got here up — like, ‘Oh, that will be incredible to discover what occurred to this household 20 years later,’” added Cranston. “I can’t consider it’s already that, however that will be enjoyable to do.”
After Muniz introduced his NASCAR debut final January, he was promoted to full-time for the Reaume Brothers Racing group’s 2025 season, driving the No. 33 Ford F-150 in February. He continues appearing as effectively, most not too long ago starring within the comedy Half Baked: Totally High and an episode of Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.
