Joseph Lee & Sunita Mani Join Prime Video's 'Sex Criminals'
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- Joseph Lee and Sunita Mani joined Prime Video's 'Sex Criminals' in recurring roles — Lee as Detective Franklin and Mani as Lucy — alongside leads Imogen Poots and John Reynolds.
- Sex Criminals, based on the Image Comics title written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Chip Zdarsky (first published in 2013), follows Suze (Poots), who stops time during sex, meets Jon (Reynolds) with the same gift, and the pair rob banks together.
- Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani (who also recurs), and Tze Chun co-created the series, with Chun serving as showrunner and Nia DaCosta directing episodes 1, 2, 7, and 8.
- The eight-episode series comes from LuckyChap and Amazon MGM Studios, with Gordon, Nanjiani, Dani Melia, Chun, Dani Gorin, Fraction, and Zdarsky executive producing via Winter Coat Films.
- Lee earned his first Emmy nomination for Netflix's 'Beef' and next stars in Apple TV+'s 'Neuromancer' opposite Callum Turner, with prior credits including 'Searching,' 'Materialists,' and 'Star Trek: Picard.'
- Mani broke out on Netflix's 'GLOW' and most recently appeared in Netflix's 'His & Hers' opposite Tessa Thompson, with additional credits including HBO's 'Scenes From A Marriage' and Apple TV's 'Servant.'
Why it matters: The series marks LuckyChap's continued expansion beyond its 'Barbie' breakthrough into adult-oriented streaming fare, pairing 'The Big Sick's' Gordon and Nanjiani with Nia DaCosta as director. Lee and Mani bring pedigree from Emmy-nominated 'Beef' and Netflix's 'GLOW' respectively, giving the adult-comedy adaptation a higher casting profile than its premise might suggest.
