Erik Per Sullivan Passes on Hulu Revival

0:00It's April 29th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered source for all things entertainment. Eric Praselevin, the 34-year-old who played Dewey on Malcolm in the middle, just said no to the Hulu revival, called Life Still and Fair. All the main cast came back except him, even though producers threw buckets of money his way to reprise the role after six seasons on the original show. He turned it down flat to focus on his master's degree at Harvard, stepping away from Hollywood years ago for a quieter life. The Dewey Park guy recast with Caleb Ellsworth Clark, but fans keep buzzing about Sullivan's choice to stay private. Castmates like Justin Burfield, who played Reese, talked about it on Howie Mandel's podcast. Burfield said they asked Sullivan four or five times, but he stuck to his no every time, and even a text invite went unanswered. Brian Cranston, the dad how, tried convincing him too, but got the same polite shut down. Burfield feels for Sullivan now, spotting paparazzi shots and wishing folks would back

1:00off since he wants nothing to do with the spotlight anymore. Burfield himself stepped back from acting after the show, tried producing behind the scenes, but found Hollywood moves too fast to jump back in. Easily, Life Still Unfair is streaming now on Hulu, proving the family's chaos lives on without Dewey, while Sullivan charts his own path far from the cameras.