NEW YORK — Frankie Muniz isn't afraid to be everyone's comfort watch.
The onetime star of "Malcolm in the Middle," now 40, looks almost the spitting image of his tween self: same striking blue eyes, same signature spiky hair. Ahead of the release of "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair," a reboot of his beloved show, and a stint as spokesperson for the new Candy Crush game Crushable, Muniz says there's nothing wrong with a little nostalgia.
"The fact that people love and appreciate something that I was a part of, how could I ever run from that? I love the show just as much as the people who watched it do," he says.
As he readies for the release of "Malcolm" volume two in April, Muniz gushes about returning to a cast that felt like family.
"It had been 20 years, but it also hadn't felt like any time had passed at all," he tells USA TODAY of being back on set. "I know people say that, [but] it was creepy: We hadn't seen each other, and it was as if no time had passed. We all fell right back into the roles.
