Little one actor Frankie Muniz just lately acquired the prospect to return his best-known function as Malcolm on the early 2000s sitcom Malcolm within the Center when he acquired the decision informing him that Disney+ had greenlit a four-episode revival referred to as Malcolm within the Center: Life’s Nonetheless Unfair.
Muniz, who had simply kicked off his profession as knowledgeable racecar driver, was excited to revisit the function and reconnect with outdated castmates regardless of his busy racing schedule.
Just lately, on an episode of “The Joe Vulpis Podcast,” Muniz opened up about what his days as a toddler actor have been actually like.
In 2003, midway via Malcolm within the Center’s six-year run, Muniz was provided the function of the title character in a teen spy movie movie referred to as Agent Cody Banks.
Iconic fellow early 2000s little one actor Hilary Duff additionally starred alongside Muniz within the movie as his girlfriend Natalie Connors.
Muniz defined to Vulpis that on the time, he and Duff have been superb associates, however Duff was not initially not imagined to play Natalie Connors.
“I used to be on the set of Lizzie McGuire, and I used to be in Hilary’s dressing room and her mother was there, and her mother was, I’m gonna say, the epitome of a stage mother, momager. She was intense,” Muniz started to elucidate on the podcast.
“I’ve truly by no means instructed this story, and I’d get in bother for it however I don’t care, I’m 40,” Muniz continued. “So her mother was like ‘Have you learnt what you’re doing this summer time? What are you doing this summer time?’ and I’m going ‘Oh I’m filming this film the place I’m taking part in, like, a junior James Bond. It’s referred to as Agent Cody Banks,’ and he or she’s like ‘Is there a woman [part], that will be good for Hilary?’ and I used to be like ‘Yeah,’ I’m going ‘however I don’t know, you realize?’ In the meantime, I knew in my contract I had a say of who the lady was gonna be, you realize? However I didn’t say that to her.”
Muniz then revealed that actress Kristin Kreuk from Smallville was a frontrunner for the function on the time, and he had already been picturing her as his co-star. Little did younger Muniz know, this seemingly informal dialog with Duff’s mom would result in a rift between him and Duff.
Muniz continued, “The subsequent morning, I present as much as the set, I’m going into her dressing room to hang around, and her mother is like ‘Guess what? We’re going to be spending the summer time collectively!’ and I’m like ‘What do you imply?’ […] She was like ‘We’re going to be up in Vancouver collectively!’ and I’m like ‘Oh, what’s Hilary filming?’ like ‘Is she gonna be filming a film up there too? That’s superior! We’ll get to hang around, we’ll have dinners,’ you realize what I imply? ‘No, she’s doing Cody Banks with you!’ and I checked out her and I went ‘No she’s not?’ and he or she’s like ‘No, yeah, yeah, she is […] They signed the contract final evening.’”
Muniz then admits he was in full disbelief that Duff’s mother orchestrated all of this in a single day, when she hadn’t even recognized concerning the film earlier than he instructed her about it the day prior.
“So I name my brokers and I’m like ‘hey, I’m simply questioning…’ I wasn’t mad, it was simply, like, surprising,” Muniz defined. “As a result of I’ve a say, I’m like ‘they didn’t ask me!’ However, supposedly, calls have been made, they usually knew that Hilary and I have been actually shut and I used to be filming her present, so they only assumed it was high quality. So, evidently, I wasn’t thrilled about it.”
Whereas he had nothing towards Duff personally, he felt betrayed by her mom and the studio making a deal behind his again, which ultimately led the 2 of them to float aside.
“They got here to Vancouver […] and I used to be very unhappy when Hilary’s mother would come on set,” he continued. “I’m being sincere, you realize what I imply? I’m sufficiently old to the place I understand I don’t thoughts individuals understanding the reality. And if I’ve instructed you, I’ve by no means talked to Hilary for the reason that final day of filming. I’ve not stated one phrase to her since then.”
Muniz then clarified that he regrets letting Duff’s mom affect his relationship together with her.
“I look again at it now and I’m going ‘what a dumb [situation]’ […] I remorse not simply persevering with to be associates together with her, cuz we have been associates, we had an excellent friendship for such a very long time and I let her mother [get in the way]… like, it pissed me off,” Muniz stated.
Nonetheless, Muniz is open to repairing their relationship now as adults, if Duff is .
“I might like to meet up with her. I might like to even speak about that, cuz I’m positive she […] doesn’t know any of that occurred,” Muniz concluded.
