Bryan Cranston has delivered a sharp dig at Shia LaBeouf after his Malcolm in the middle Co-star Frankie Muniz revealed he had been cast Holes before dropping out, with Cranston’s advice to LaBeouf cutting straight to the point.
In a new one Esquire video interview, Muniz, 40, told Cranston he had been attached to star as Stanley Yelnats in Disney’s 2003 film before a competing offer arrived.
“I was signed to be in the film Holesand it was 100% about to start filming and then Cody Banks was greenlit,” he explained.
“They were like, ‘Which one do you want to do?'” Muniz chose agent Cody Banks, despite pressure from those around him to take the more dramatic role.
LaBeouf stepped in and the rest is history, Holes helped launch his career.
Muniz reflected on the road not taken.
“I wonder what my career or life would have been [had I done Holes instead]. What could have come with it? Would I have been taken more seriously as an actor?”
Cranston’s response was immediate.
“You could have had Shia LaBeouf’s life,” he said with a sarcastic sneer and a whistle before adding, “Keep it in. Shia, get some help!”
The comment lands with weight given LaBeouf’s recent history.
Just last month, the actor was arrested in New Orleans after getting into a fight during Mardi Gras. LaBeouf’s troubles predate the incident in New Orleans.
He was ordered to attend rehab after a 2017 arrest in Georgia for public intoxication, and a lawsuit filed against him by FKA Twigs alleging sexual abuse, assault and infliction of emotional distress was settled last July.
Muniz, meanwhile, seems to have made peace with his decision, noting that his path led him back to Malcolm in the middle and ultimately a very different life as a NASCAR driver.
