The superpower Maya Erskine found while starring in ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’
LA TimesMaya Erskine had never done strength training before being offered the role of a lethal international spy on “Mr. “The trainers and the nutritionist were like, ‘Maya, when we tell other people to eat a carrot, they’re like ‘OK.’ But with you, it’s, ‘Well, can I sauté it in brown butter?’ You make it so difficult.’” We know the end of this uphill battle, however: challenge met, character nailed, praise garnered, Emmy nomination for lead actress in a drama series secured. My way for her at first was someone who holds themselves covering their chest, not letting it be exposed.” “It was great in the finale, when it felt like the action really fed into the relationship and the action could be infused with a lot of emotion,” Maya Erskine says of “Mr. “It was great in the finale, when it felt like the action really fed into the relationship and the action could be infused with a lot of emotion,” says Erskine, who believes that even with its exaggerated life-or-death elements, “Mr. “They’re spies, and they keep things from each other until the very end, but the ultimate message is that life is really hard, there are bad days, but at the end of the day, it’s really nice to have someone to come home to that you trust and love, who’s willing to be there for you.” One part of her résumé that made Erskine a valuable work partner to onscreen husband Glover is that she, like her co-star, had acted in a show she had co-created.