Frankie Muniz's Raw Malcolm Audition Secrets

0:00It's April 2nd. Welcome to Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI and packed with headlines. Frankie Munn has just dropped a wild story about his audition for Malcolm in the middle. Back when he was around 12 or 13, he had a pizza hut commercial gig lined up at 10am, but the Malcolm audition was slotted for 9. 30. He told his mom they had no shot at making it, since that pizza spot felt like his big break with 19 other kids competing. He rushed in anyway, spitting his lines super quick and mad just to wrap it up fast. The casting director barely had time to react, but it landed him the role that kicked off seven seasons on Fox from 2000 to 2006. Years later, Munn is and his wife binge the show for the first time around 2017. She hit him with the truth, he wasn't acting at all in that audition tape. Turned out his real frustration nailed the neurotic vibe of Malcolm perfectly, and now he's owning it while prepping the reboot. The revival, Malcolm in the middle, life's still unfair, brings back Brian Cranston as how,

1:03Jane Cassemeric as Lois and others like Chris Kennedy. Masterson as Francis, Justin Burfield as Reese, and Amy Collegato as Pima. Fresh faces joined too, like Keely Cranston as Malcolm's daughter Leah, and new siblings plus a girlfriend for Malcolm. That raw energy from day one is what made the show pop, and it's got fans hyped for this unfair life round two.