Billie Eilish rumoured to affix solid of ‘Mr. And Mrs. Smith’ season two

Billie Eilish may very well be in line to affix Amazon Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith for season two, in accordance with latest rumours.

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Deadline has reported that Amazon MGM Studios is on the lookout for actors of their 20s to play John and Jane – the roles are described as being leads and on one-year offers.

Whereas it’s unknown as as to if any formal affords have been made, some huge names are being rumoured, with Eilish amongst them. The megastar, finest recognized for her music profession, made her appearing debut in Swarm, additionally on Prime – and once more co-created by Donald Glover.

The primary season of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which Glover created alongside Francesca Sloane, adopted two strangers, performed by Maya Erskine and Glover himself, who’re paired as a married couple after they start careers as spies, taking over the aliases John and Jane Smith. All eight episodes had been launched on February 2 by way of Prime Video.

Within the season one finale, John and Jane get right into a gunfight, and the episode is left on a cliffhanger with audiences not realizing whether or not they survive.

Up to now, Glover, Sloane, Erskine and managers at Prime Video have prevented questions on whether or not the 2 will probably be again for season two. Sloane mentioned, “If we let you know an excessive amount of, you’ll know early in the event that they survived.”

And when Sloane was requested whether or not the present might turn into an anthology sequence like Fargo, which Sloane additionally labored on, she merely mentioned, “Perhaps”. The brand new Jane and John are mentioned to be completely different characters quite than direct replacements for these performed by Glover and Erskine, indicating that the 2 might reprise their roles – the set-up of the present has a number of Janes and Johns.

The present is impressed by the 2005 film of the identical title, starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Phoebe Waller-Bridge was initially introduced to play Jane, however left in 2021 as a consequence of inventive variations with Glover, resulting in Erskine’s casting.

In a three-star overview of the primary season, NME mentioned that it “has its ups and downs” and added, “Although they lack the red-hot chemistry of Pitt and Jolie, the connection between Glover and Erskine feels real. An episode halfway via finds them freed from their murderous day job and in a position to simply hang around. They bicker about his noisy consuming habits and debate who will get cooler as they age (they agree it’s Dolly Parton and Sade). It nearly seems like a disgrace when the covert missions come again into play.

“And therein lies the issue with the brand new Mr. & Mrs. Smith; followers of each Atlanta and Pen15 have seen this couple do way more private, distinctive and intriguing work elsewhere. As compared, this all feels a bit of cold-blooded. Good for a employed gun. Much less so for a TV present.”

Eilish, in the meantime, hit Quantity One in over 20 nations along with her third album, ‘Hit Me Arduous And Tender’, in Could, and is presently touring North America in assist of the report, earlier than heading to Australia and Europe subsequent 12 months.

The album acquired acclaim from critics, and NME gave it a four-star overview, writing: “Billie got here into this course of with aspirations to search out herself, creatively and personally: ‘Hit Me Arduous and Tender’ stays distinctly distinctive, a portrait of a singular expertise getting into younger maturity, exploring her queerness and experiencing the emotional thrill and (generally) disaster of chasing ardour or falling in love. In making an attempt to put in writing an album for herself, she’s made one that can resonate more durable than something she’s achieved earlier than.”