‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’s Francesca Sloane & Hiro Murai On Donald Glover & Maya Erskine Cliffhanger & What Season 2 Might Bring – Crew Call Podcast
deadline.comDonald Glover and Maya Erskine aren’t returning for season 2 of Prime Video‘s Mr. & Mrs. Smith?! What? Is this some sort of contract negotiation standoff?
Even after the series’ 16 Emmy nominations including Lead Actor and Lead Actress in a drama? Hardly, according to co-Creator and EP Francesca Sloane and the show’s director and EP Hiro Murai. “We’re just trying to make the best version of season 2 possible,” Sloane tells Crew Call, “That’s why we’re being so coy about it.” That is whether Glover and Erskine are really not returning.
Well, then is the gist of future Mr. & Mrs. Smith seasons to be like an anthology series ala Fargo? Sloane was a producer on that Noah Hawley created series. “Maybe,” she tells us. “We wanted the ending to leave on this nod to a’ 70s cinema cliffhanger,” Sloane says, “If we tell you too much, you’ll know early if they survived.” The duo talk about their series adaptation of the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt 2005 near half billion grossing blockbuster and putting their own spin on it.
Yes, the show’s intention about their fake married spy life comes into its own by the end of episode one “First Date” which landed Sloane and Glover a Drama Series Writing Emmy and Murai a Directing Drama Series Emmy nod.
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