Idris Elba on challenges filming in actual airplane for new series 'Hijack': 'I'm a big man'

Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) tries to save the lives of the passengers of a plane that's hijacked. Photos: Handout

When actress Archie Panjabi was sent the script for the first three episodes of Hijack, the 51-year-old couldn’t put it down.

At the end of reading the third part, the former Good Wife star wanted to continue reading but didn’t have any more pages.