What would you do if the plane you’re on gets hijacked? Idris Elba is trying to sort that out in his new show, “Hijack.”
Idris plays a businessman and negotiator in the new Apple TV Plus miniseries. His mission? To get everyone on his plane from Dubai to London safely.
Ben Miles: “Hijack is a high-octane thriller which all takes place on a plane and on the ground. It’s kind of in real time, it’s edge-of-your-seat action.”
Hijacker: “Stay in your seats! Get down!”
Idris Elba: “This is a show, it’s full escapism, so what you think about hijacking? Throw it out the window and put your seat belt on. Ooh, it’s gonna be fun.”
Max Beesley: “I’m on the ground, a cop that starts putting a few pieces together, working with the counterterrorism team. As things unfold, it becomes heavier and heavier.”
Max Beesley (as DI Daniel O’Farrel): “Five passengers on that plane do not exist.”
Archie Panjabi: “It was intense, because there’s so many characters, and the stakes are very high. It gets progressively, you know, more and more worrying, but it was highly enjoyable.”
Christine Adams: “It is a nail-biting, roller coaster ride of a show. I know when I first read the script, I couldn’t stop turning the pages.”
Idris Elba (as Sam Nelson): “If it’s all going wrong in the first hour, imagine the next six. We need to get a message to the whole plane.”
Idris Elba: “It’s like the longest flight I’ve ever taken. It’s like six months making a film about a six-hour flight, but it was a lot of fun making it.”
Harry Michell: “It was claustrophobic, but that only added to what we were trying to achieve. You know, the less acting we had to do, the better, so…”
Ben Miles: “It was such a great, intense shoot, some great talent on board. I can’t wait to see it all unfold.”
Idris Elba (as Sam Nelson): “It’s either us or them, and I can tell you it’s not going to be us.”
“Hijack” is now streaming on Apple TV Plus.
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