Tom Hiddleston and Camila Morrone marked the ‘end of an era’ as they waved goodbye to the second series of The Night Manager with social media snaps.
The highly-anticipated second series of the BBC drama, which returned a whopping ten years after it was last on screen, came to its conclusion last week.
It saw Hollywood legend Tom, 44, step back into the shoes of former British intelligence officer, Jonathan Pine – this time alongside Camila, 28, as Roxana, a businesswoman with ties to the criminal and arms-trading underworld.
The tense finale received high praise from viewers, who called it the ‘cliffhanger of cliffhangers’ after two huge characters were killed off.
By the time viewers reached the finale, Pine’s nemesis Richard Roper, played by Hugh Laurie, discovered his efforts to take down his illegal arms business and murdered his own son for turning against him.
While intelligence officer Angela Burr, portrayed by Olivia Coleman, went on to meet her fate in the very final scenes of the show.
Tom Hiddleston and Camila Morrone marked the ‘end of an era’ as they waved goodbye to the second series of The Night Manager with social media snaps
Reflecting on the final season, Camila took to Instagram to share a variety of behind-the-scenes snaps
Reflecting on the final season, Camila took to Instagram to share a variety of behind-the-scenes snaps, including her and co-star Tom smiling for the camera.
The first image saw Camila dressed in a pink suit as she leaned in and smiled alongside Loki actor Tom, who bent down to place his head beside hers.
Another image of the pair saw them smiling side by side in a car park, sharing a friendly hug before getting start on filming.
Other images showed Camila’s scripts, covered in written descriptions, filming herself and Tom driving in a luxury car and crying as the season’s filming came to an end.
‘End of an era. That’s it for Night Manager season 2,’ she penned to her fans, who flooded the comments to gush over the ‘spectacular’ series.
After the series came to an end on Friday, fans were quick to flood social media with praise over its tense storyline that killed off two characters.
The BBC said in its synopsis: ‘Based on the characters created by John le Carré, The Night Manager follows MI6 officer Pine as he races to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilise a nation.
‘And with betrayal at every turn, he must decide whose trust he needs to earn and how far he’s willing to go before it’s too late.’
The first image saw Camila dressed in a pink suit as she leaned in and smiled alongside Loki actor Tom
Other images showed Camila’s scripts, covered in written descriptions, behind-the-scenes of the hit series
One fan praised on X: ‘The Night Manager had one of drama’s great finishes. It really was one you’ll never forget. The cliffhanger of hangers.’
Another added: ‘More needs to be talked about The Night Manager… it’s the best drama that’s been on the telly for a long long time! Absolutely brilliant!’
‘Now we can talk about how extraordinary an actor Tom Hiddleston is; this season was breathtaking, he always gives Pine a different nuance, this ending was devastating, he’s brilliant,’ a third said.
A fourth penned: ‘What a terrific season finale. Very few series in their second season are able to match the quality of the first.
‘The game has just started anew. Hugh Laurie has outdone himself as Richard Roper. Absolute cliffhanger of a finale.’
While a fifth added: ‘How sad and how realistic the ending of #TheNightManager. This one… was brutal.’
The finale comes after Tom Hiddleston confirmed the future of hit BBC series. – and explained why it had a decade-long hiatus.
The Hollywood star took to the sofa on ITV‘s This Morning to open up on the finale of the second series, which hit screens last month after ten years off air.
The Night Manager, which returned to screens in January, saw Hollywood legend Tom Hiddleston, 44, step back into the shoes of former British intelligence officer, Jonathan Pine
Set mostly in Colombia, by the time viewers reached the finale, Pine’s nemesis Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) discovers his efforts to take down his illegal arms business and murders his own son for turning against him
Tom joined Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard to tease what fans could expect from the final instalment ahead of it airing over the weekend.
And he was quick to confirm that, for fans who are already looking for more, that another season is in the works – to air much sooner than in another decade.
Tom explained: ‘I can reveal that there will be, there’s going to be more, but we always constructed this one as a beginning of a 12-episode story.
‘It gave us greater scope in terms of imagining where this story might go knowing that we had another season to come – and we like trilogies, there’s something satisfying about it.
He added: ‘It will be sooner [than ten years]. It’s booked in, and if we had to wait another ten years I’d be 55, and I don’t know how much running I will be doing [then].’
Earlier this year, it was teased that a third series of the show was in the works – and a launch date has yet to be confirmed.
Actor Tom also explained why it took so long for the show to return to screens – after it took a decade between the first and second series.
The Loki actor admitted that while there was always high hopes for a follow-up, it took time for the writers behind-the-scenes to develop a story.
It comes after Tom recently confirmed the future of hit BBC series as he addressed the real reason why the drama had a decade-long hiatus from screen
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While series one was developed from the popular novel of the same name by John Le Carre, there was no second book for the writers to base further plot lines on.
Tom said: ‘We had to just come up with the right story, and I’m sure people have heard this before but the first series was based on the book by John Le Carre.
‘The first idea came from him, he said to us when we first screened it that maybe we should make some more so, there were lots of conversations with him and with his sons who produced The Night Manager.
‘We wanted it to feel earned, and as resonant and contemporary as the first one did, and I hope that we’ve done that.’
The Night Manager is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
