Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman and Hugh Laurie to reprise roles in second series of The Night Manager
BBC have secured a deal to bring the nail-biting drama back for another series
THE Night Manager stars Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman have all agreed to reprise their roles in the BBC drama.
According to The Express, the actors “all want to do a second series” which comes after The Sun exclusively revealed writers are considering bringing back Laurie's villain Richard Roper.
The popular programme set tongues wagging when it hit screens last year thanks to the raunchy episodes, one of which saw Tom Hiddleston – who played the role of Jonathan Pine in season one – strip down and bare his bum in an intimate sex scene.
It was a big ratings hit too and had success at different award shows, with the returning trio winning a Golden Globe each in their respective categories.
It was revealed earlier this month that the successful show would be returning for a second series.
However, the show's script writers will have to start from scratch as John le Carre did not pen a sequel to the book on which the drama is based.
An insider told the newspaper: “We’re working on a new story. We always knew something would happen after Richard Roper stepped into that van.”
At the end of the first series Laurie's character Roper was arrested by arms dealers took over the van and his fate is unknown.
When asked what happened to him, the insider continued: "That would be telling. You will have to wait.
“Hugh, Tom and Olivia are all committed, we’re just working on the story, and then it’s down to availability.
"It’s like a Venn diagram to bring these three actors together to film another series.”
The programme’s director, Susanne Bier, is believed to be working on the production with the BBC and American co-producers AMC.
However, the creative team behind the series fear a second series may not “live up” to their debut show.
Susanne told BroadcastNow.co.uk: “We all want very much to do a season two but the thing we absolutely do not want is to do something that does not live up to the level of season one.
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