Ripley Interview: Steven Zaillian & Maurizio Lombardi on Filming in Monochrome

ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with Ripley director Steven Zaillian and star Maurizio Lombardi about the Netflix adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel. The duo spoke about the black-and-white visuals and working with Andrew Scott. The series is set to debut on the streaming platform on April 4.

“In the series, Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son Dickie Greenleaf to return home,” reads the show‘s synopsis. “Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud, and murder. Meanwhile, Marge Sherwood, an American living in Italy, suspects darker motives underlie Tom’s affability.”