One of the most anticipated thrillers of the year, Andrew Scott will star as Tom Ripley, the handsome, murderous psychopath of Patricia Highsmith’s most famous work, The Talented Mr. Ripley.

In the series, Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return home. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a life of deceit, fraud and murder. Dakota Fanning plays Marge Sherwood, an American living in Italy who suspects darker motives are at play.

Release date: 4 April via Netflix

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