A small-time con man in New York City, Tom Ripley is barely scraping by when a lucrative, unexpected offer brings him to Italy, and provides him a chance at reinvention. “A petty criminal who feels he deserves better than his meager circumstances,” is how Steven Zaillian described the character to Netflix, adding that Scott is the man for the role because “he has the range to play the many personas of Ripley.”

Fleabag, All of Us Strangers

Dickie Greenleaf’s girlfriend Marge suspects that darker motives underlie Tom’s affability. Fanning’s performance in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood convinced Zaillian she was the perfect person to go toe-to-toe with Tom Ripley. Marge, he said, is “too smart to be conned and can threaten his schemes.”

The Equalizer, The First Lady

 A rich, entitled self-proclaimed artist, Dickie spends his days in a villa on the Italian coast. To Zaillian, Flynn brings out the“sweet naïveté beneath [Dickie’s] outward confidence, along with that laconic ease people who don’t have to worry about money have.”

Emma, The Outfit

Snobbish playwright Freddie butts heads with Ripley when they first meet, distrustful of this new interloper in Dickie’s circle. Zaillian was drawn to Sumner’s “quiet, knowing, sophisticated” embodiment of the character.

The Gentlemen, No Time to Die

The Italian homicide detective is dapper and dogged, but increasingly mystified by the murder investigation he finds himself leading.

The New Pope, Citadel: Diana

Tom’s landlady in Rome. 

Mia madre, Days and Clouds

Another American abroad, Minot is a mysterious figure who befriends Ripley.

Burn After Reading, Being John Malkovich

Dickie’s father, who hires Tom to travel to Italy and convince his son to return to the family business.

White Noise, Manchester By the Sea

Dickie’s mother.

A League of Their Own, Stigmata