Malcolm in the middle Star Frankie Muniz had the opportunity of a lifetime, but he chose to follow his heart instead.
During his appearance on the Light podcast, Frankie revealed that he had been invited to welcome Saturday Night Live in the year 2000, when he played the titular role in the successful sitcom.
However, he denied the offer to become one of the youngest to have hosted the comedy show, because he had to cohoster the 2000 Kids’ Choice Awards, where his childhood stroke, Amanda Bynes, was presented.
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He remembers having said to his agent: “” I want to be on all this. I want to be in the show of Amanda, because I had a huge crush on Amanda Bynes when I was a child, and I thought it was the funniest and most amazing shows. “”
“My mother receives a call one day, and she panics, so excited. It was Gail Berman, who at the time was the president of Fox. She said:” We asked you to welcome Saturday Night Live. I said to myself: “What is it?” And she’s like: “It’s huge.
When his mother told him that the commitment would come up against the cohosting concert of his children Choice Awards, he immediately said no.
“I say to myself: ‘Oh, hell no. I’m going to the kids’ Choice Awards, right? I don’t care. I meet Amanda bynes aux kids’ Choice Awards”, he recalls.
For “about a week and a half, I had each executive, each producer, everyone in the history of Fox TV, Regency TV,” What are you doing? “”
“I do not reject myself any obligation,” he said.
Frankie then worked more with Amanda when they played in Big Fat Liar, alongside Paul Giamatti.
Fans will be able to see Frankie Muniz resume her famous character from Malcolm in the middle in the restart, Malcolm in the middle: life is always unfairin December.
