Oscar winner Olivia Colman, has officially signed on to join The Night Manager Season 2 returning cast, which will reunite her with co-star Tom Hiddleston. Her performance in the first season of the acclaimed spy thriller as Intelligence officer Angela Burr earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie.
Who are The Night Manager Season 2 returning cast?
Besides Colman and Hiddleston, Amazon MGM Studios has also enlisted four more returning cast members for The Night Manager Season 2. These include Alistair Petrie (Sex Education) as Alexander “Sandy” Langbourne, Douglas Hodge (Black Mirror) as Rex Mayhew, Michael Nardone (Rome) as Frisky, and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place franchise) as Daniel Roper. They will be joined by previously announced new cast members Diego Calva, Camila Morrone, Indira Varma, Paul Chahidi, and Hayley Squires. Production on the next installment is expected to begin sometime this year.
Based on the characters from John le Carré’s novel of the same name, the next installments of The Night Manager will once again be written by David Farr, with Stephen Garrett and Georgi Banks-Davies serving as the showrunner and director, respectively. Hugh Laurie is also returning as an executive producer alongside Hiddleston. However, it’s currently unclear if Laurie would be reprising his role as Richard Roper. Further details about the plot and characters are still under wraps, but Season 2 will reportedly take place eight years after the Season 1 finale.
The Night Manager Season 2 will debut in the U.S. on Prime Video, and in the UK on BBC One.
(Source: Variety)
