"It was in a market square in the Colombian city of Cartagena when Georgi Banks-Davies wondered if she had bitten off more than she could chew. The director of The Night Manager's second series was shooting a scene in the bustling location, with just a few minutes to capture the action. Her lead actors, Tom Hiddleston, who returns as the traumatised spy Jonathan Pine, and Diego Calva, his new nemesis, had to walk among market-goers who at first were peering down the camera lens."
"Ian Fleming wasn't downbeat and grubby and grey; it wasn't people in cafes with steamy windows and Formica tabletop doing grubby deals over a cup of cold tea, says Higson, who has written several Bond books. It's big and international and glossy and sexy and escapist. I always said that le Carre was a cup of tea writing' and Bond was cocktail writing'."
Georgi Banks-Davies directed a tense market-sequence in Cartagena, managing a large crowd and only minutes to capture a crucial shot. Tom Hiddleston returns as traumatised spy Jonathan Pine and Diego Calva appears as a new nemesis in the second series. An industrious first assistant director calmed the crowd in Spanish and the production used 400 Colombian extras to secure the scene. Modern adaptations of John le Carré's work have shifted toward glossy, globe-trotting, Bond-like spectacle since 2016, emphasizing glamour, sexiness and international scale. Charlie Higson contrasts le Carré's earlier downbeat realism with Ian Fleming's escapist style, calling le Carré 'cup of tea writing' and Bond 'cocktail writing'.
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