To the extent that “The Night Manager” has survived in the cultural memory since the limited series — adapted from the John Le Carré novel on the same time — aired a full decade ago, it was as a showcase for pretty people in pretty places. (It made sense that director Susanne Bier would go on to helm “The Perfect Couple,” a murder mystery starring Nicole Kidman and set at a destination wedding in Nantucket.) For a while, the show seemed like it could kick off a Le Carré revival; Korean auteur Park Chan-Wook delivered an underrated take on “The Little Drummer Girl” with rising star Florence Pugh the following
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