The second series of the Tom Hiddleston-fronted drama is first le Carré adaptation not based on author’s own work
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. “We didn’t have control,” she says. “And I only had two minutes to get the shot.”
Tensions rose as time ticked away. Fortunately, an industrious first assistant director addressed the crowd in Spanish and they managed to get the shot, with 400 Colombian extras all playing their part. It was a bit of brinkmanship that le Carré’s own George Smiley would have been proud of.
