Idris Elba in new Apple TV+ seven-episode series ‘Hijack’

Standing 6-foot-2-inches, Idris Elba’s size helps to sell his characters. As a detective in “Luther,” he often averted protocol and went rogue. On “The Wire,” he played a shrewd, intimidating crime boss in the drug world. In the 2022 movie “Beast,” he protected his daughters from a ferocious lion while on holiday in South Africa. But in his new Apple TV+ series “Hijack,” it’s his mental strength that helps him navigate a…