‘Idris would make an exceptional Bond – but I prefer Luther’: Neil Cross on bringing his TV detective to film
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The screenwriter and novelist talks to Jacob Stolworthy about creating bad guys scary enough to take on Elba, and how Netflix talked him out of making a woman the first victim of his latest killer