Law was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Dickie Greenleaf in the 1999 movie.
Cause I loved the series.
“Obviously they had a different timescale, too, cause it was a series.
Jude Law and Andrew Scott star in different adaptations of ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ novel.Miramax / Courtesy Everett; NETFLIX
Ripleyis up for several statuettes at theEmmyson Sept. 15.
Both the film andNetflixseriesRipleyare adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel the film is named after.
In April, Law toldEntertainment Weeklythathe became emotionalwhen he first saw Netflix’s version.
Jude Law stars in ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’.Miramax / Courtesy Everett
“I haven’t watched the one I’m in in many, many years,” he adds.
And how well I knew it.
I kept thinking,Oh God, I remember this.Down to the name of Dickie’s maid, Ermelinda.
I always remember saying, ‘Ermelinda, Ermelinda.’
There was an emotional level, too, to revisiting those characters.”
“I’ve watched at least five or six of [the eight episodes],” he said.
Law liked what he had seen.
“I’m enjoying it.
How can one not?”
“It’s such great material.
You’re in great hands with wonderful actors, and it’s such an interesting character.
Both versions reflect the director in many ways.
One is visual, colorful, and romantic.
The other is quite forensic and more sinister.
Film, to me, often reflects the person at the helm of the camera.”
“It was delusion and madness,” said Law, who was in-demand in the late 90s.
“There was a panic in my head that I was going to be typecast as this good-looking guy.
That’s where my 23-year-old brain was, yes.
What I missed, idiotically, were the complexities of that role, but honestly?
I just wanted to be taken seriously.
‘I do theatre!’
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