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In “Ripley,” based mostly on Patricia Highsmith’s basic 1955 crime novel, Andrew Scott is scrappy con man Tom Ripley and Dakota Fanning is Marge, a girl who’s on to his scheme to swindle his rich employer.
“Additional’s” Mona Kosar Abdi spoke with Dakota and Andrew about their “anti-chemistry,” and about how Dakota felt getting into Gwyneth Paltrow’s sneakers to play Marge.
Whereas their characters “can’t stand one another,” the 2 had “a lot enjoyable” with their scenes collectively.
Andrew mentioned, “They’ll see one another in a approach that’s actually, it’s chemical… Though they’re not romantically fascinated about one another, they know one another.”
Dakota commented, “It’s a must to know what the chemistry is to then have an anti-chemistry.”
Earlier than capturing the collection, they met at a SAG Awards occasion. Whereas Dakota referred to as it a “actually memorable evening,” Andrew described it as “semi-memorable.”
He burdened the significance of getting “enjoyable” collectively since they had been engaged on a “darkish story.”
The collection was shot over a yr in Italy.
Fanning introduced “six suitcases” together with her, saying, “I all the time convey numerous suitcases and produce numerous stuff and I find yourself utilizing each little bit of it.”
Scott chimed in, “That’s not unhealthy for a yr.”
Dakota additionally opened about how her Marge is totally different from Gwyneth Paltrow’s model of the character from the 1999 movie “The Gifted Mr. Ripley.” She mentioned, “It was made tremendous clear from the start that this was an adaptation of the novel, actually, and really separate from the movie. I am an enormous fan of the movie, however I actually did not give it some thought once we had been filming as a result of it simply felt totally different. It appears totally different, there is a totally different really feel and it’s, you spend much more time with the characters.”
Fanning emphasised that she would “by no means contact” Paltrow’s model of Marge.
Watch “Ripley” streaming on Netflix April 4.