Tom Hiddleston made sure to turn heads in a smart grey suit as he attended the Night Manager series two premier in New York City on Wednesday night.
The British actor, 44, cut a dapper figure in the light checked double breasted blazer and matching trousers which he teamed with a coordinated scarf and white shirt.
Tom looked in good spirits as he hit the red carpet reuniting with his co-stars Diego Calva, who dressed smart in a black suit.
The Night Manager returned to BBC One for the first time in nearly a decade following Tom’s former British intelligence operative, Jonathan Pine.
Episode two of the highly-anticipated second series dropped on Sunday and viewers took to X to comment on how they thought the series was unfolding, comparing the plot to Licence To Kill and said it was the ‘perfect audition tape for Bond’.
Daniel Craig’s replacement for the 007 is yet to be announced, but many believe Tom would be the perfect leading man.
Tom Hiddleston made sure to turn heads in a smart grey suit as he attended the Night Manager series two premier in New York City on Wednesday night
The British actor, 44, cut a dapper figure in the light checked double breasted blazer and matching trousers which he teamed with a coordinated scarf and white shirt
Viewers wrote on X: ‘The night manager episode two very good. Quite LeCarre, but mostly half the plot of Licence to Kill. Which is just a reminder how good (and how ahead of it’s time) LTK is/was.
‘I said it when it was out and I still maintain it. Night Manager is Tom Hiddleston’s audition for bond and I think it’s successful’;
‘So 2 episodes in and the #nightmanager is still basically Licence to Kill’;
‘It’s been almost 10 years since the first season, but it’s nice to have The Night Manager back. I maintain that if Tom Hiddleston ever wanted to play James Bond, this series is his audition tape’;
‘watching the night manager is still my favourite thing to watch on Sundays’;
Licence To Kill is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series and follows MI6 agent James Bond and his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter having to assist in capturing drug lord Franz Sanchez.
Episode two shifted from London to Colombia as Jonathan Pine (Tom) began his deep-cover infiltration of a new arms operation, with his new love interest Roxana Bolaños, portrayed by Camila Morrone, introduced.
Pine adopted the alias (or Matthew Goodwin), posing as the hard-drinking son of a merchant banker.
Tom looked in good spirits as he hit the red carpet reuniting with his co-stars Diego Calva, who dressed smart in a black suit
The pair looked in good spirits as they chatted away at the premier held at the Metrograph
The Night Manager returned to BBC One for the first time in nearly a decade following Tom’s former British intelligence operative, Jonathan Pine (pictured in character with Diego)
His objective was to infiltrate the inner circle of Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva), a Colombian businessman and “disciple” of the late Richard Roper, to uncover the truth behind a mysterious shipment in Cartagena.
Dos Santos tested Pine’s loyalty by forcing him to consume cocaine and spiked champagne.
The agent nearly drowned in a swimming pool, but managed to deliver a cover story perfectly – that he stole millions from his former employer and needs Dos Santos to launder it.
The agent will once again be plunged into a deep into a deadly plot involving arms and training of a guerrilla army.
The tense action will see allegiances splinter, as Jonathan has to race to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilise a nation.
The synopsis teases ‘betrayal at every turn’ that will see the MI6 operative having to decide who he can trust, and how far he’s willing to go before it’s too late.
Series two also stars Olivia Colman, Emmy Award nominee Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & The Six) as Roxana, alongside Indira Varma (Obsession, Obi-Wan Kenobi) as Mayra.
Paul Chahidi (Wicked Little Letters, The Serpent Queen)will portray Basil and Hayley Squires (Adult Material, Beau Is Afraid) as Sally.
Set to return are Alistair Petrie (Sex Education, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) as Sandy Langbourne, Douglas Hodge (Joker, Black Mirror) as Rex Mayhew, Michael Nardone (Traces, Rome) as Frisky, and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place, Honey Boy) as Daniel Roper.
