If you are a fine and famous British actor cast in a high-profile drama as twisty as it is deep, and you discover that Olivia Colman is one of your co-stars, you would do well to keep your wits about you.
Because while everyone is busy talking about how wonderful it is to see you in this fabulous project, in this amazing role, Colman will, scene by scene and with no apparent effort, steal the whole bloody show right out from under you.
She did it in “Broadchurch” and she’s at it again in AMC’s “The Night Manager,” in which not one but two A-list stars are the obvious main draw.
Wandering through the luxe accommodations of several continents, David Farr’s six-hour adaptation of John le Carre’s contemporary tale “The Night Manager” pits a novice spy played by Tom Hiddleston against a lethally charming arms dealer played by Hugh Laurie.