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.