Fans of The Night Manager face a bit of a wait until season 3 lands on screens – made all the more excruciating after the enormous bombshell of season 2’s finale.
Jonathan Pine (played by Tom Hiddleston) was left in a sticky situation when his nemesis Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) pulled off a devastating victory, outmaneuvering the spy one more time.
Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva) and Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) were killed as a result and Pine was left bleeding, with seemingly no way out.
Radio Times caught up with Hiddleston while he was promoting his new documentary series, Pompeii: Out of Time, and we couldn’t help but ask him about the future of the BBC series.
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“I can tell you it’s coming along,” he coyly admitted. “It’s one of the most profound and significant pieces of work in my acting life. I’m so grateful to The Ink Factory for including me in the journey of generating the material now as we imagine how to develop the story further.
“I love the story because it’s contemporary. I love the character. Johnathan Pine is without question one of my favourite characters I’ve ever played.”
He continued: “Here we are talking about the ancient world, but Le Carré was so rigorous in his examination of the modern world. I think the way he used his chosen form of the espionage thriller is a way of examining who we are, and certainly who we are in the UK. If spies are patrolling the boundaries of our freedoms to protect them, if they’re doing it for the flag, if they’re doing it for the country, what is the country they’re representing?
“I would say our discussions about The Night Manager 3 are very alive right now and very connected to the conversation about our lives right now and the direction of travel in the UK. As we know from the ending of season 2, Johnathan Pine finds himself in a tight spot… wait and see, it’s exciting stuff.”
Earlier in the year, creator and executive producer David Farr spoke about his hopes for season 3, promising a much-needed “redemption”.
He said: “All of us want to see justice, redemption and we want to see something change, so I feel like season 3, there is actually a deep emotional and moral imperative to honour that.”
The Night Manager seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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