Frankie Muniz revealed to his “Malcolm in the Middle” dad Bryan Cranston in a new Esquire video interview that he often wonders how his career would’ve been different had he not dropped out of “Holes.” Muniz was attached to play the lead role of Stanley Yelnats in Disney’s 2003 movie before he got the offer to headline “Agent Cody Banks.”
“I was signed to be in the movie ‘Holes,’ and it was 100% about to start filming and then ‘Cody Banks’ was greenlit. They were like, ‘Which one do you want to do?’” Muniz remembered. “I immediately picked ‘Agent Cody Banks,’ but I remember everyone pushing me to do ‘Holes’ because of the story and it’s a little more dramatic. Shia LaBeouf ended up doing it and it kind of catapulted his movie career.”
“I wonder what my career or life would’ve been [had I done ‘Holes’ instead],” Muniz added. “What could’ve come with it? Would I have been taken more seriously as an actor?”
“You could’ve had Shia LaBeouf’s life,” Cranston chimed in with a sarcastic scoff and a whistle. “Keep that one in. Shia, get some help!”
LaBeouf has had a history of erratic behavior and prior legal issues, including a lawsuit filed against him by FKA Twigs alleging sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress. The lawsuit was settled in July of last year. Prior to that, LaBeouf was court-ordered to attend rehab following a 2017 arrest in Georgia for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Just last month, LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans after getting into a fight at Mardi Gras.
“My behavior… I gotta deal with that. Does that mean I gotta go to rehab again? I’m just not into it, bro,” LaBeouf said during an interview with Andrew Callaghan’s Channel 5 after his New Orleans arrest. “I don’t think my answers are there. I don’t. I really, genuinely, don’t. If I genuinely did, I’d go. I don’t think I have a drinking problem… I think I have a different problem, and I’m gonna address it. I think I have a small man complex. I think it’s something that has to do with anger and ego more so than my drinking, but that’s where I’m at now on my journey, and I’m trying to navigate it. I’ll figure it out.”
LaBeouf’s career in Hollywood as largely stalled amid his troubles. Watch Muniz and Cranston’s full Esquire video interview in the video below.
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