STANDING 6 feet and 2 inches, Idris Elba's size helps to sell his characters. As a detective in "Luther," he often averted protocol and went rogue. On "The Wire," he played a shrewd, intimidating crime boss in the drug world. In the 2022 movie "Beast," he protected his daughters from a ferocious lion while on holiday in South Africa. But in his new Apple TV+ series "Hijack," it's his mental strength that helps him navigate a crisis, not his build.

Elba plays Sam, a passenger on a flight from Dubai to London that turns into a hostage situation. The first two episodes of "Hijack" debuted on Wednesday on Apple TV+, with one new episode released weekly.

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