For Donald Glover , Phoebe Waller-Bridge s exit from Mr. & Mrs. Smith felt like a divorce.

The talented writers originally joined hands on rebooting the 2005 action-comedy movie into an Amazon series but ultimately split due to creative differences. While Waller-Bridge has been charmingly diplomatic in her reasons, Glover is being a little more candid about the break.

Its a divorce in a weird way, he told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday. Youre like, Oh shit, this should have worked. And this is just me, being honest, but I think a good relationship is one where you dont waver from the extremely uncomfortable.

And I dont know if we were ever going to get to a place where we could be completely brutal to each other, Glover continued, adding, It mightve just been cultural. Youve got to think, Fleabag was written entirely by her, they dont really do writers rooms in the U.K.

The acclaim for her series saw Waller-Bridge hired for rewrites on the latest James Bond film , starring roles in the Indiana Jones franchise and a part opposite Glover in 2018s Solo: A Star Wars Story. After working together on Solo, Glover approached Waller-Bridge to star in and help write the Mr. & Mrs. Smith reboot.

The original film famously starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married couple of competing assassins tasked with killing each other. Unlike that duo who arguably had a little too much chemistry at the time Glover and Waller-Bridge simply didnt work out.

Waller-Bridge was originally cast in Jolies part; she was replaced with Maya Erskine and entirely removed as a co-writer, according to IMDb credits for the series. Glover explained in the interview that the kind of writers room culture he created for his Atlanta series mightve thrown Waller-Bridge off.

You werent afraid to say something but we also had the right to roast you, he said. Its just how we got the laughs I dont think we ever felt comfortable enough with each other. And thats OK. Thats what happens when youre two captains.