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Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone Talk Working Together on New Series 'God's Favorite Idiot' (Exclusive)

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Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone are one of Hollywood's funniest couples, having shared side-splitting scenes in films like and, and creatively collaborated on, and many more.

Now, in their new Netflix series, — created and written by Falcone — the pair finally get to portray a couple, albeit an unusual one.

They play coworkers, Clark and Amily, who fall for each other while Clark is coping with the ethereal aftermath of a near-death experience. «It just felt like an easy thing to write, since I've already lived it,» Falcone joked with ET's Kevin Frazier about the new series. «Just like, me being lazy.»In all seriousness, the actor and producer said it was «really fun» getting to work closely with his wife of 16 years on the new project.«It kinda hearkened back to some of those moments of doing or a scene or two in ,» he recalled. «It's really fun to get to enjoy just performing with her, 'cause she’s so funny and so grounded and so great.

Oftentimes I’m looking at a screen and saying, 'Oh it's so great, can you try this?' So it's fun to be actually in the scene with her.»The series kicks off when Clark is struck by lightning from a unique-looking cloud, and starts to glow.

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