"Having not thought about the show for five years, a vivid image came to me in bed one night, he says. I saw a boy in a Colombian monastery, waiting for a black car to come over the hill. For some bizarre reason, I knew who those characters were. Suddenly, I was half-awake and the rest came flying out of me. I wrote it all down in case I forgot. In the morning, I looked at my notes and thought: This is good, actually.'"
"The 2016 debut run, based on John le Carre's 1993 novel the first he wrote after the collapse of the Soviet Union followed hotelier turned spy Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) as he went undercover to bring down arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie), AKA the worst man in the world. Farr's lavish adaptation became event TV, pulling in 10 million viewers and selling to 180 countries. Hiddleston, Laurie and Olivia Colman all won Golden Globes for their performances."
"I've been a Le Carre fan since watching Smiley's People with my Dad when I was 10, says Farr. When I was asked to adapt The Night Manager, I was scared. But I had clear ideas, like relocating it to the Arab spring, and Le Carre loved that. There was never a discussion of more. It was one-and-done. When it became a huge hit, there was appetite for a sequel."
David Farr revived The Night Manager after a vivid dream that produced a striking opening image of a boy in a Colombian monastery waiting for a black car. The original 2016 adaptation of John le Carré's 1993 novel followed hotelier-turned-spy Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) as he infiltrated the circle of arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie). The 2016 series attracted about 10 million viewers, sold to 180 countries, and earned Golden Globes for Hiddleston, Laurie and Olivia Colman. Le Carré had not written a sequel, and Farr initially resisted creating one, fearing it would damage the original; Le Carré gave his blessing before his 2020 death.
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