Donald Glover is the brand new Brad Pitt, at the least in the case of Prime Video’s eight-episode “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” sequence. Glover stars in and co-created the reimagining of Pitt’s 2005 action-comedy, which famously paired the A-list actor with Angelina Jolie.

“I’m not an enormous fan of remakes, so this was type of an enormous deal to type of take it on,” Glover informed Leisure Tonight on the present’s premiere. “As soon as I noticed the unique, I used to be like, ‘This can be a good date film.’ And I used to be like, ‘Possibly I may make an excellent date present out of it?’ Like, you already know, one thing me and my spouse may watch collectively.”

Glover confirmed that he “reached out to Brad” when he was first on the brink of tackle their shared position of John Smith, however the Oscar winner didn’t have a lot knowledge to impart.

“Brad was like, you already know, he simply Brad Pitt-ed his manner out of it,” Glover mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘I simply want some ideas,’ and he simply charmed his manner out of it. He was like, ‘Oh, you’ll do nice, child.’ That type of factor.”

“I imply, he was very, very candy and good and that was very useful,” Glover added. “I simply wished to get an excellent understanding … It was nice. He gave me good recommendation.”

The brand new “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” pairs Glover with “Pen15” favourite Maya Erskine. The Prime Video sequence places a unique twist on Jolie and Pitt’s film by making John and Jane Smith conscious of one another’s careers as spies. Within the present, the 2 are pressured to go undercover as a married couple. The film model had John and Jane married with out the data that every of them was a spy.

Selection tv critic Alison Herman praised the brand new “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” as an “improved” tackle the self-esteem originated within the film, including: “The present is extra melancholy and minor-key than its logline could recommend…’Mr. & Mrs. Smith”’ is distinctly up to date, from the charmingly awkward, mumblecore-adjacent banter between Glover and Erskine’s John and Jane to the luxuriously appointed New York townhouse the place they’re stationed. From the second John and Jane conduct their job interviews with a faceless display in a nondescript workplace constructing, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ feels extra like ‘Black Mirror’ than ‘Mission: Not possible.’”

All eight episodes of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” will stream on Prime Video on Feb. 2.