Andrew Scott Is a Pro at Cons in First Trailer for Suspenseful New Netflix SeriesRipley— Watch

Andrew Scottis the latest actor to step into the sneaky shoes of ’60s grifter Tom Ripley in Netflix’s upcoming limited series,Ripley.

TheFleabagbreakout — who is currently earning Oscar buzz for his role inAll of Us Strangers —leads the latest adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling Tim Ripley novels, most famously seen on screen in 1999’sThe Talented Mr. Ripleystarring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law.

Netflix dropped a trailer for the suspenseful drama on Monday. “Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder,” a logline for the reads.

Andrew Scott in ‘Ripley’.Netflix

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Joining Scott in Ripley will beEmma’s Johnny Flynn as Dickie, the part Law played in the film. Alongside him is Dakota Fanning as Dickie’s picture-perfect girlfriend Marge Sherwood (Paltrow’s previous role). She’s the one who first suspects Tom might not be who he says he is.

“[I] tried to approach my adaptation in a way I imagined she might herself,” Zaillian told the outlet, adding that he even shot the series in “gorgeous” black and white to correspond with “the edition of the Ripley book” he had on his desk.

Andrew Scott in ‘Ripley’.Lorenzo Sisti/NETFLIX

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Before 1999’sThe Talented Mr. Ripley, that novel was adapted into the 1960 filmPurple Moon, withAlain Delon as Tom.Ripley’s Gamewas filmed in 1977 asThe American Friendstarring Dennis Hopper, and later under its original title in a 2002 movie with John Malkovich.Ripley Under Groundhit the screen in 2005, in a film starring Barry Pepper.

In 2009, BBC Radio 4 brought all five Ripley novels to life with Ian Hart as Tom. Other television adaptations have come over the years as well — though Netflix’sRipleyis the most thorough.

‘Ripley’ poster.Netflix

Playing the role wasn’t easy for Scott, who is also executive producing the show. “It was a heavy part to play,” he toldVanity Fair.“I found it mentally and physically really hard. That’s just the truth of it.”

“I feel like you’re required to love and advocate for your characters, and your job is to go, ‘Why? What’s that?’ You don’t play the opinions, the previous attitudes that people might have about Tom Ripley,” Scott, 47, also said. “You have to throw all those out, try not to listen to them, and go, ‘Okay, well, I have to have the courage to create our own version and my own understanding of the character.’ "

That doesn’t mean he ever got there, the actor noting that he struggled to understand some of Tom’s actions. “Certain things I can understand, but other things — it’s actually the blankness that’s sometimes hard to engage with,” he said.

source: people.com