Donald Glover’s ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Looks Sexy as Hell

It has been literally forever (read: two years and 10 months) since we first learned that Donald Glover would be remaking Mr. and Mrs. Smith as a Prime Video series. And, much like the central couple’s marriage, there have been many speed bumps along the way.

Glover’s co-star Phoebe Waller-Bridge dropped out seven months into development. (She has, notably, not produced a single project underneath her extremely expensive Prime Video deal thus far—but that’s a whole ’nother story.) Waller-Bridge’s exit pushed production and, thus, a premiere date back, and back, and back…until it started to feel like Mr. and Mrs. Smith may have been a collective dream Glover-heads all shared.

With Maya Erskine replacing Waller-Bridge, PEN15 fans rejoiced—and anyone who doubted that the woman best known for playing a horny middle schooler would be as good as, if not better than, Waller-Bridge in this kind of role can shut their traps. Mrs. and Mrs. Smith looks as sexy, thrilling, and, yes, funny as we could have hoped.

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