‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’: Maya Erskine To Star Opposite Donald Glover In Prime Video Series, Replacing Phoebe Waller-Bridge
deadline.comDonald Glover has found his new co-lead in the Mr. & Mrs. Smith reboot for Prime Video. PEN15 co-creator/star Maya Erskine will headline the project alongside Glover, succeeding Phoebe Waller-Bridge who had been initially attached in the role.Glover confirmed the casting in an interview for Interview magazine.“She’s dope,” he said of Erskine. “It’s exciting.
I really love the show. I’m writing the finale now.”He also chalked up Waller-Bridge’s exit to “classic creative differences.”In.
addition to starring, Glover is co-creator, writer and exec producer on the series under his overall deal with Amazon Studios.
Francesca Sloane is co-creator and showrunner.The project is a reboot of Doug Liman’s 2005 action comedy film of the same name, which starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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