Ripley
WARNING : SPOILERS ahead for Ripley .
Summary
The ages of Tom , Dickie , and Marge in Netflix ’s new version ofRipleyare slightly different from the book . The psychological thriller is based on the famed 1955 novelThe Talented Mr. Ripleyby lionise novelist Patricia Highsmith , the first of her 5 - part " Ripley " series that also includesRipley Under GroundandRipley ’s Game . The Talented Mr. Ripleyhas been adaptedseveral time for moving picture and television , but none have been shoot wholly in monochrome until Steven Zallian’sRipley . Zallian , the Academy Award - win screenwriter ofSchindler ’s listing , American Gangster , andThe Irishman , wrote and direct the entire 8 - episode miniseries .
There are several famed changes between theRipleyseries and the 1999 filmThe Talented Mr. Ripley , free-base on the Highsmith novel of the same name . Aside from the plain age differences , the overall tone of the series is much more dark and brooding , while the film has more of an impeccant and fun - loving melodic line about it . Tom ’s execution of Dickie , in particular , is depicted in very different ways between the series and the film , one being sourced from cold - full-blooded calculation while the other being the outcome of cobwebby despair and warmth . Ripleyhas received rave reviewsfrom critics upon its April 4 , 2024 release exclusively on Netflix .
Ripley ’s closing reveals the darkest trueness about who the elaborate con artist Tom Ripley really is underneath his distressful & methodical web of lies .
Tom Ripley Is About 36 Years Old In Ripley
Andrew Scott was about 45 years old when filming Ripley
Interestingly , Andrew Scott is currently 47 years old , gain him the oldest thespian to portray Tom Ripley in an adaptation of the first novel .
While the character of Tom Ripley has been historically around the geezerhood of 25 in both the 1999 moving-picture show and the 1955 novel , Tom is about 10 yr quondam in the Netflix adaptation ofRipley . One indicant of this is in the first episode of the series , in which Tom pass on over his designation at a coin bank for his first fake false name , a debt collector named George McAlpin . On George McAlpin ’s chauffeur ’s license , his natal day is list as March 14 , 1924 , which would make him 36 years old in the serial . While this is certainly a simulated natal day , and Tom is coiffe to make himself depend erstwhile , there ’s no dubiousness that 36 is at least close to Tom ’s literal age .
Interestingly , Andrew Scott is presently 47 years old , defecate him the oldest actor to present Tom Ripley in an adaptation of the first novel . Scott is much older than Tom Ripley was in the original novel and the 1999 film , which add up another stratum to the strangeness of his character . While Scott is an outstanding actor with capital range , Zallian likely would not have tried to play him off as a vernal man of 25 when Scott is nearly three-fold that age in realness . McAlpin ’s chauffeur ’s license is the best indication of Tom ’s actual old age inRipleyeven though it is based on one of his falsified documents . This is probable why Zallian changed the detail of Tom having attended Princeton around the same clock time as Dickie .
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Tom Ripley uses several alias and disguise throughout the unexampled Netflix serial Ripley in ordering to constantly stay one stone’s throw onward of his suspecters .
Dickie Greenleaf Is About 25 Years Old In Ripley
Johnny Flynn was about 39 years old when filming Ripley
While the onscreen pairing of Law and Damon is fairly iconic , the true Dickie is more of a classic product of 1960s conservative America and highbrow society as seen inRipley .
Similar to Scott , the actor who diddle Richard ' Dickie ' Greenleaf , Johnny Flynn , is much quondam than his character in Ripley . Flynn is surprisingly 41 years old today , despite being able-bodied to pull off a character in his mid to tardy 20s as look inRipley . Unlike Jude Law ’s rendering of Dickie as a free - spirited playboy with a bustling societal life and youthful DOE inThe Talented Mr. Ripley , Flynn ’s fictional character feel more reserved , laid back , more traditionally conservative , and less inclined to embark on hedonistic adventures . This is likely why the older Flynn was able to play Dickie inRipleydespite the bounteous age gap between him and his character .
As far as whether the 1999 motion picture or the 2024 miniseries offers a more accurate line drawing of Dickie based on his description in the ledger , Netflix’sRipleyis more aligned with the sensibilities and personality of the original Dickie Greenleaf quality . The vernal energy that is paint throughout the 1999 pic is not as much of a theme in the original account book or the Netflix series , making it a genuine adaptation of Highsmith ’s novel . While the onscreen sexual union of Law and Damon is fairly iconic , the true Dickie is more of a Hellenic production of 1960s button-down America and highbrow society as a part ofRipley’scast .
Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, Ripley is a drama-thriller written and created by Steven Zaillian. Set in the 1960s, the series follows Tom Ripley, who is hired to attempt to coax a wealthy man’s son to come home - but this job is just the first part of a lengthy and dangerous complex web of lies.
The shuddery Netflix series Ripley has several key deaths that actuate the storey onward as Tom Ripley finds disturbingly canny ways to stay ahead .
Marge Sherwood Is About 25 Years Old In Ripley
Dakota Fanning was about 28 years old when filming Ripley
Marge is also given much more agency and power to guess severally in Netflix’sRipley , a particular that is somewhat lost in the Gwenyth Paltrow iteration of the character in the 1999 film .
Marge Sherwood , play by Dakota Fanning inRipley , is the closemouthed of the three chief role player to the old age of the characters . Like Dickie , and Tom in the novel , Marge is in her mid-20s in Ripley . Fanning , who is currently 30 years honest-to-goodness , was about 28 at the metre of production . Marge is also give much more agency and power to reckon severally in Netflix’sRipley , a point that is somewhat lose in the Gwenyth Paltrow iteration of the quality in the 1999 film . Paltrow ’s version expresses a variety of emotions that at last Tom use against herto disrepute her , while Fanning ’s Marge is much more calm and observant of Tom ’s deep ways inRipley .
The Netflix series Ripley was shot whole in black and livid , a originative choice made by Academy Award - winning screenwriter & creator Steven Zallian .
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base on the novel by Patricia Highsmith , Ripley is a drama - thriller written and produce by Steven Zaillian . pose in the 1960s , the series follows Tom Ripley , who is hire to attempt to coax a moneyed humanity ’s son to fare home - but this job is just the first part of a lengthy and grievous complex web of prevarication .
