Idris Elba (‘Hijack’): 2024 Emmys episode submission revealed

Gold Derby can exclusively reveal that Idris Elba is entering the “Hijack” episode “Comply Slowly” as his 2024 Emmy Award submission for Best Drama Actor. “Comply Slowly” aired on July 26, 2023, and is the sixth episode of the Apple TV+ drama’s first season.

In “Comply Slowly”: Sam’s (Elba) son Kai (Jude Cudjoe) escapes the assassins by hiding inside a wardrobe. The British government concedes to the demands of the hijackers and releases Edgar (Simon McBurney) and John (Ian Burfield) from prison. However, when the police keep following them, Edgar texts the hijackers to kill one passenger and send a photo. Sam intervenes and convinces Stuart (Neil Maskell) that there is already a dead passenger on board and therefore no need to kill another one. The government task force tracks Edgar’s car using drone surveillance and sees that he and John are headed to a nearby airfield. Meanwhile, inside the aeroplane, passengers are beginning to plan a revolt. At the same time, news breaks out in the British media that KA29 has been hijacked and Kingdom Air’s stock price falls, as Edgar had hoped. “Comply Slowly” was written by Catherine Moulton and George Kay and directed by Jim Field Smith.

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This year marks the sixth Emmy nomination for Elba. He was nominated for Best Comedy Guest Actor (“The Big C”) in 2011, followed by four Best Movie/Limited Actor bids for “Luther” in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016. For this 2024 contest, he is competing against Donald Glover (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”), Walton Goggins (“Fallout”), Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses”), Hiroyuki Sanada (‘Shōgun’) and Dominic West (“The Crown”).

Elba is the sole Emmy nomination for “Hijack” this year.

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