‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ Season 2 Casts ‘Anora’ Star Mark Eydelshteyn as Male Lead

Mark Eydelshteyn, the Russian actor who broke out in this year’s “Anora,” has been cast in the second season of Amazon MGM Studios series (on Prime Video) “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” an individual with knowledge told IndieWire.

It’s been unclear whether Season 1 stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine would return for the second season, and the first season ends on an ambiguous cliffhanger regarding their fate. But Variety reported in May that it was likely the show would find another new John and Jane pair.

The Season 2 female lead has not been set just yet. Deadline noted that rumors were circulating around Billie Eilish taking the role, but that touring responsibilities have ended that possibility.

The spy-comedy series, created by Glover and showrunner Francesca Sloane, premiered in February on Amazon Prime Video and became a Top 5 new debut for the streamer. Sloane is returning as showrunner and EP for the second season, and Glover will remain as an executive producer.

The show is staged as an anthology series — especially now — with the first season following a group of spies that had been paired together in a dream brownstone home as a married couple in Mnahattan, with each episode of the show depicting typical relationship drama intertwined with the broader action and a new mission every week. The show grappled with what was riskier: espionage or marriage?

The show won two Primetime Emmys in its first season, including one for guest star Michaela Coel, behind 16 nominations (though it was billed as a drama). Sloane also received the Breakthrough Award back in June from IndieWire Honors.

“Mr. and Mrs. Smith” is a co-production of New Regency and Amazon MGM Studios. The series is a new take on the 2005 film “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Eydelshteyn starred this year in Sean Baker’s “Anora” opposite Mikey Madison, and he first broke out in the 2022 film “The Land of Sasha” that premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. He’s been dubbed the “Russian Timothée Chalamet.”

Eydelshteyn is repped by Color Creative, Myman Greenspan Fox, and Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.