Leslie Bibb & Kevin Dunn Join Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone’s Netflix Series ‘God’s Favorite Idiot’
Exclusive: Leslie Bibb (Jupiter’s Legacy) and Kevin Dunn (Veep) have been tapped as leads opposite Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy in God’s Favorite Idiot, Netflix’s new workplace comedy starring and executive produced by Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy.
Created by Falcone, God’s Favorite Idiot follows Clark Thompson (Falcone), a midlevel tech-support employee who finds love with co-worker Amily Luck (McCarthy) at exactly the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. Also, there’s rollerskating, a lake of fire and an impending apocalypse.
Bibb plays Satan. You think you know Satan (Bibb), but do you really? She is just your run-of-the-mill demonic entity looking to destroy the world. She’s also trying to upset the cosmic balance between heaven and hell, and only Clark and his friends stand in her way.
Dunn plays Clark’s (Falcone) father, Gene. Gene loves his boy Clark. After his divorce,...
Created by Falcone, God’s Favorite Idiot follows Clark Thompson (Falcone), a midlevel tech-support employee who finds love with co-worker Amily Luck (McCarthy) at exactly the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. Also, there’s rollerskating, a lake of fire and an impending apocalypse.
Bibb plays Satan. You think you know Satan (Bibb), but do you really? She is just your run-of-the-mill demonic entity looking to destroy the world. She’s also trying to upset the cosmic balance between heaven and hell, and only Clark and his friends stand in her way.
Dunn plays Clark’s (Falcone) father, Gene. Gene loves his boy Clark. After his divorce,...
- 3/12/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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