Standing 6-foot-2-inches, Idris Elba's size helps to sell his characters. As a detective in “ Luther,” he often averted protocol and went rogue. On “The Wire,” he played a shrewd, intimidating crime boss in the drug world. In the 2022 movie “ Beast,” he protected his daughters from a ferocious lion while on holiday in South Africa. But, in his new Apple TV+ series “ Hijack,” it's his mental strength that helps him navigate a crisis, not his build.
Elba plays Sam, a passenger on a flight from Dubai to London that turns into a hostage situation. The first two episodes of “Hijack” debut Wednesday on Apple TV+, with one new episode released weekly.
