The 2024 Olivier Awards take place this evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London with an array of screen names set to be celebrated for performances given on the London stage.
04.04.2024 - 07:05 / variety.com
Aramide Tinubu Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 crime novel, “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” is regarded as one of the greatest thrillers of all time. It has spawned several film adaptations, including Anthony Minghella’s “The Talented Mr.
Ripley,” starring Matt Damon and Jude Law. Given the 1999 movie’s commercial and critical acclaim, a series adaptation for the streaming era was almost inevitable, and after being sold off by Showtime to Netflix, “Ripley” has Andrew Scott stepping into the titular character’s loafers. Academy Award-winning writer-director Steven Zaillian — behind such works as “Schindler’s List” (for which he won the adapted screenplay Oscar) and the 2016 HBO limited series “The Night Of ” — presents his own spin on the psychological thriller.
Twisted and deeply disturbing, this “Ripley” feels more sinister and stilted than its predecessors, making the show arduous rather than enticing. Shot in magnificent black and white, “Ripley” opens in Rome in 1961 as a man drags a dead body down a marble staircase. But the story doesn’t begin here.
Dialing back in time six months, we find ourselves on New York’s Lower East Side. A far cry from the trendy neighborhood seen in films and TV shows today, the area is home to some of the Big Apple’s most unsavory citizens. Here, in a cramped, rat-infested apartment, the audience is introduced to Ripley, a petty thief who makes his living tricking patients of chiropractors out of their money.
Just as his latest scheme is drying up, he stumbles on the opportunity that will reshape his life forever. At a bar one evening, he’s approached by a private investigator (a criminally underused Bokeem Woodbine), who mistakes Tom for a friend of his wealthy client’s son. Shortly after, Tom is
.The 2024 Olivier Awards take place this evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London with an array of screen names set to be celebrated for performances given on the London stage.
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Prince Andrew had a close call when he nearly ran over a dog at Windsor, before seemingly laughing the episode off with relief.The Duke of York was thought to be driving down the Long Walk on the Windsor estate in his black Range Rover when pedestrians frantically alerted him to a black dog that had wandered into the road. It seemed that Andrew hadn't noticed the dog and it was his bodyguard who spotted the reactions of the people and told him to stop.Thankfully, the car stopped just in time and the dog's owner looked embarrassed as he went to retrieve his pet. Andrew took the whole incident in stride and was seen waving afterwards.
drama “Scoop” hit Netflix on Friday.The film is a fictionalized portrayal of BBC reporter Emily Maitlis (played by Gillian Anderson), who interviewed Andrew for a “Nightsnight” segment in 2019 about his friendship with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Andrew was seen out and about at Windsor Castle riding his horse during his outing. He wore a helmet, gloves, a sweater and an olive jacket to brave the cold weather.Rufus Sewell plays Andrew in “Scoop,” while Keeley Hawes was cast as the royal’s private secretary Amanda Thirsk and Billie Piper as TV producer Sam McAlister.The movie also reveals how Maitlis booked the disastrous interview, which showed Andrew sweating as he denied that he had sexual relations with Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts when she was a teenager in the early 2000s.In 2022, Andrew was stripped of his royal and military titles by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, after Roberts brought forward a lawsuit against him and claimed he sexually abused her.
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Jaden Thompson Andrew Scott transforms into the ultimate con man, Tom Ripley, in Netflix‘s limited series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” — but he still found human qualities to latch onto when embodying the chilling, metamorphic character. “He’s an outsider and he’s somebody who’s quite downtrodden and somebody who’s brilliantly talented who’s on the outskirts of society,” Scott told Variety at the “Ripley” premiere Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
Ripley, aired today, and is already receiving positive reviews from critics.Starring Fleabag’s Andrew Scott in the titular role, the eight-episode series is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr Ripley.The story follows Scott’s character as he takes on a job assignment to take a trip to Italy in an attempt to persuade his employer’s son, Dickie Greenleaf (played by Johnny Flynn), to return home from Europe.As the series progresses, Tom Ripley works his way into the lives of Dickie and his girlfriend Marge (Dakota Fanning) and the story takes a dark turn.The novel has been adapted several times before, most famously in 1999 with a feature film starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow in the lead roles.Now, the psychological thriller story takes its form in a television series, shot entirely in black and white.The Guardian’s five-star review, written by Lucy Mangan, praises the talent of the star-studded cast, saying on Scott: “At the heart of it all, and in virtually every scene, is Scott … There is something for everyone to relate to in him – a dark everyman figure.
When is an already well-distinguished artist arguably underrated and still overdue for further and greater recognition? Well, 71-year-old writer/director Steven Zaillian, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter (“Schindler’s List”) and five-time nominee (“Moneyball,” “The Irishman”), is already regarded as one of the most celebrated screenwriters on the planet. Yet, following the release of the fabulous “Ripley,” his striking and haunting new Netflix series— not to mention in addition to his excellent and deeply undervalued 2016 series, “The Night Of” starring Riz Ahmed— Zaillian’s filmmaking career recognition merits an ascension to the level of venerated master.
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attending an Easter Sunday church service along with his brother King Charles III and Queen Camilla.Also joining the trio were Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Prince Andrew’s attendance at the service comes after the 64-year-old royal faced blowback for leading the procession while attending a memorial for King Constantine of Greece.
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