Trivia / Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024)

• All-Star Cast: Aside from having Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as the titular couple, the series also has John Turturro, Parker Posey, Ron Perlman, Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Dano, Michaela Coel, Eiza González, Billy Campbell, Wagner Moura, and several others.
• Real-Life Relative:
  • Beverly Glover, Donald Glover's actual mother, plays John's mother.
  • Ron Perlman is showrunner Francesca Sloane's father-in-law.
• Release Date Change: The series was set to be released in 2023, but the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes resulted in it being pushed back to February 2, 2024.
• Shout-Out:
  • Episode 7 has Bev put a "bolito" around John's neck. The bolito was a fictional, self-tightening decapitation device created for The Counselor. Who is the bolito used against in that movie? Brad Pitt, the original John actor.
  • Episode 8 has John and Jane trying to kill each other while wearing all white and all black, respectively. In the same episode, John and Jane’s fate is left unknown due to a sudden cut to black, likely a reference to Glover’s favorite television show.
• What Could Have Been: Phoebe Waller-Bridge was originally cast as Jane Smith but departed in September 2021 before filming began and thus was replaced by Erskine.