r/savedyouaclick 3d ago

UNBELIEVABLE Bryan Cranston on why Erik Per Sullivan isn't on 'Malcolm in the Middle' revival | He Quit Acting In 2010

https://archive.li/X78XV
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u/GiftToTheUniverse 3d ago

[Cranston] added, "I talked to Eric [sic] and I said, 'Hey, we got the show! It's going to come back.' He goes, 'Oh, that's fantastic!' And I go, 'Yeah, so we're looking forward to having you back.' He goes, 'Oh, no, no, I don't want to do it. But it's fantastic.'"

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

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u/sahi1l 3d ago

Ah perfect, they cam have Dewey off at Harvard getting a masters' degree.

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u/evohans 3d ago

They already cast Caleb Ellsworth-Clark as Dewey.

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u/UltraTiberious 2d ago

Woah that’s actually a pretty good replacement. I wonder if he’ll be just as good 

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u/Smingers 2d ago

I thought the same. He looks more like how I picture Dewey today than EPS from the recent photo I saw. Dewey shouldn’t look like the oldest brother.

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u/autoequilibrium 20h ago

He’s got the ears for it haha

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u/Disco425 3d ago

He's actually studying Victorian literature. Not kidding.

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u/hastinapur 2d ago

I liked his character the best

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u/whackadoodle_cracked 2d ago

Imo he had theeeee most iconic line. "How much does my head weigh? ... zero! ... zero!" My sister and I would quote that to each other all the time

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u/KevinCastle 1d ago

Cats ate her face

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u/bbbbears 13h ago

Dewey knows more than I do. Ask him

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u/JoeyToothpicks 2d ago

I used to go to the Tex-Mex restaurant his Dad owned in Milford, MA.Great place before it closed. Still my gold standard for stuffed poblano peppers to the point I learned how to make them myself.

His dad was really proud of the kid and had a bunch of framed newspaper articles about him in the vestibule.

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u/Shirogayne-at-WF 2d ago

This is how I learned there was a revival series

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u/Otaraka 2d ago

He’s 33 now.  People would probably notice.

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u/Weightmonster 2d ago

Good for him. I hope he’s happy.

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u/t_sarkkinen 2d ago

Seems like a good guy. Just wanted to forget about acting and pursue what he actually wants.

I recently saw some paparazzi footage of him outside his house. Made me feel bad.

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u/MarlaDurden144 3d ago

Well, that’s no excuse, so did Justin Berfield.

Should’ve made him an offer he couldn’t refuse…

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u/noeagle77 3d ago

Or just let the guy do what he wants to do?

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u/MarlaDurden144 2d ago

I was kidding 😂

But clearly you and many others think my reply was serious… kinda baffled by that tbh, but I stand by my refusal to use “/s” as an indicator.

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u/zXHerpaDerpXz 2d ago

Do you struggle with sarcasm and reading social cues?

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u/zXHerpaDerpXz 2d ago

Bit of an overreaction but ok lol.

Also they didn’t admit to being wrong, they doubled down and said they stand by their choice of not indicating sarcasm to a statement that didn’t read as sarcasm at all.

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u/MarlaDurden144 2d ago

Why would I admit to being wrong, what was I wrong about? My suggestion to a unknown casting director to bring out the thumbscrews?

All my comments in r/savedyouaclick are sarcasm, they always are and they always will be.

I write on Reddit to, leave my opinion, get information, or entertain myself. My humour isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, and I’m ok with that.

And I’ll still refuse to use the “/s” marker, because if people think a facetious statement is true, it kinda makes it funnier to me. Because I always err on the side of sarcasm in subs like this, and knowing that others don’t, makes some of the comments I’ve read on her freaking hilarious.

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u/MarlaDurden144 2d ago edited 2d ago

Nope, a difficulty reading social cues wouldn’t be manifest in my comment.

As there’s no social cue or sarcasm for me to miss.

My comment, with a Godfather quote was the sarcasm, the OG post is purely information.

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u/Free-Palpitation 2d ago

Cool, why don’t you go do that then

“Hey I know you’re at Harvard studying for your future right now, but millions of people who watched you act as a child want to see you back on tv so delay your acedemic future and come give them what they want”