“I feel like I came to a whole other place on Ripley ,” said production designer David Gropman recently of his work on the Netflix series from creator Steven Zaillian. Echoing those made by other department heads, Gropman’s remark came in conversation with Zaillian during the inaugural live edition of Deadline’s video series The Process. As Zaillian repeatedly expressed, the work on Ripley was all about finding different ways of experimenting with process, so there could be no better show to spotlight in this capacity our first time out.
A black-and-white thriller based on the bestselling Tom Ripley novels from Patricia Highsmith, the series centers on Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), a struggling New York con artist who is recruited by a wealthy man to bring his wayward son back from Italy during the 1950s. After heading abroad, Tom’s encounter with Dickie Greenleaf’s (Johnny Flynn) luxurious and carefree existence abroad becomes the unexpected catalyst for a descent into a labyrinth of deception, fraud, and murder. Related Stories Late Night TV 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman' Returns For Season 5 At Netflix With Charles Barkley & Miley Cyrus News 'The Witcher' Season 4 Teaser: First Look At Liam Hemsworth As Geralt Of Rivia, Taking Over From Henry Cavill As Ripley ‘s cinematographer Robert Elswit recalled on last week’s panel, process was embedded in the show’s very DNA.
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