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Justin Berfield Urges Paparazzi to Leave Erik Per Sullivan Alone

His plea highlights the revival’s lone recast after Sullivan repeatedly declined to return.

Overview

  • Berfield, who spoke on Howie Mandel’s podcast Wednesday, asked photographers to stop targeting Sullivan and said the former child actor wants privacy.
  • He said producers invited Sullivan to reprise Dewey four or five times and that Sullivan kept turning them down without regrets.
  • Sullivan was the only original star missing from the new four-part run, with Caleb Ellsworth-Clark stepping in as Dewey.
  • Jane Kaczmarek said producers offered Sullivan a large payday and that he chose to focus on his studies at Harvard.
  • Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair is streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ elsewhere, which has renewed public interest in Sullivan despite his exit from acting.