Check out a first look at Tom Hiddleston from the upcoming spy mini-series on AMC with The Night Manager.
The Night Manager is based on the John le Carré novel of the same name and is a six-episode miniseries that will air on the BBC in the U.K. and premiers on AMC this April.
Hiddleston plays MI-6 field agent and strong-silent type Jonathan Pine, with Hugh Laurie as Richard Roper, a morally ambiguous weapons dealer whom Pine is tasked with bringing down (via EW).
Here is a description of the book from Amazon:
“A beautifully polished, utterly knowing and palpitating book.”
TIME
Enter the new world of post Cold War espionage. Penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers and drug smugglers who have risen to unthinkable power and wealth. The sinister master of them all is an untouchable Englishman named Roper. Slipping into this maze of peril is a former British soldier, Jonathan Pine, who knows Roper well enough to hate him more than any man on earth. Now Personal vengeance is only part of why Pine is willing to help the men at Whitehall try to bring Roper down….
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