Andrew Scott, of Fleabag and The Pursuit of Love fame, will be taking on Matt Damon’s former role as Tom Ripley. Speaking to Interview magazine about the role last year, the actor revealed his take on the role: ‘When you’re playing those famous literary characters, you don’t want to just copy. I’m interested in the idea of what queerness is, and otherness, because that’s what I think it’s about. The reason he’s such an interesting character is you can’t quite place him. If Tom Ripley was in a gay bar, I’m not sure that he would fit in there. Nor do I think he’s a straight character. I think he’s a queer character, in the sense that he’s very other. What’s his relationship with sex, or death, or with family or friends? It’s interesting that a character is the sum of the parts that you don’t have to play.’
Johnny Flynn, the musician and actor who starred alongside Jessie Buckley in Beast, will be slipping into Jude Law’s moccasins as the playboy Dickie Greenleaf, while Dakota Fanning will take on Gwyneth Paltrow’s scene-stealing role as his beautiful and long-suffering girlfriend Marge Sherwood.
