Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers, Fleabag) takes on the role of ‘the talented Tom Ripley’ in the stylish black-and-white limited series Ripley. The new series is based on the 1955 novel by Patricia Highsmith, “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” which many remember was adapted into the 1999 Academy Award-nominated film starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law. Writer/director Steven Zaillian says he shot the series in black-and-white to create something less “beautiful” and more “sinister.” 
From USA Today:
The story follows a man named Tom Ripley (Scott), who is hired by a shipping tycoon to travel to Italy and convince his son, Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn), to return to the U.S.
Posing as an old college chum, Tom quickly ingratiates himself into Dickie’s inner circle and laps up his luxurious lifestyle. But Dickie’s girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Dakota Fanning), has her suspicions about their new friend, which grow after Dickie mysteriously disappears and Tom is questioned about foul play.
“The film leaned into Tom’s gayness, and this show perhaps leans toward his queerness, in the sense that he’s other,” Scott says. “I was very reluctant with so many different facets of Tom’s personality to diagnose him with anything: his nationality, his age, his sexuality. The reason the character is so enduring is because we have so many questions about him.”
The eight-part thriller premieres on Netflix on April 4. https://youtu.be/0ri2biYLeaI?si=sTwB4XqoIB82N0Cs
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