{"id":49068,"date":"2024-04-05T12:53:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T10:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2016762"},"modified":"2024-04-05T14:11:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T12:11:52","slug":"will-there-be-a-ripley-season-2-netflixs-andrew-scott-series-could-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/will-there-be-a-ripley-season-2-netflixs-andrew-scott-series-could-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Will there be a Ripley season 2? Netflix\u2019s Andrew Scott series could return"},"content":{"rendered":"

The black-and-white Netflix limited series could return for more… <\/p>

By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 05 April 2024 at 10:53 AM<\/p>

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Fans of Andrew Scott and the works of Patricia Highsmith were in luck with the Netflix series Ripley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The black-and-white drama assembled a wonderful cast of actors to bring the classic novel The Talented Mr Ripley to life.<\/p>\n

It tells the story of con artist Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott<\/a>) as he is tasked with heading to Italy to bring home the wealthy American scion of a shipping fortune, wannabe painter Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn), but their fast friendship soon takes a dark turn.<\/p>\n

The series winds up with a tantalising ending<\/a>, however, but will there be more to come from Ripley?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s all we know about whether Ripley will return for a second season.<\/p>\n

**Spoiler warning for Ripley**<\/strong><\/p>\n

Will there be a Ripley season 2?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Ripley.<\/span><\/figcaption> Stefano Cristiano Montesi\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Netflix has not confirmed<\/strong> if Ripley will return for a second season but is currently labelled as a limited series.<\/p>\n

Deadline Hollywood<\/a> reported last year that the show was designed as a limited series \u201cbut there is a possibility to go beyond the first installment if it\u2019s a hit\u201d.<\/p>\n

When discussing the series with Netflix, Steven Zaillian revealed what drew him to the making the show, noting: \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of Patricia Highsmith\u2019s books for a long time. She wrote five about her most notorious character, Tom Ripley. When the chance came to tell the first Ripley novel in long-form, rather than just the two hours of a feature, I took it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt I could get closer to the rhythms of her tale and Tom\u2019s character this way. She sometimes describes events in real-time and in great detail, which is quite effective in linking us to Tom Ripley and somehow making us complicit in his crimes, and the longer form allowed me to do this visually.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who could star in a potential Ripley season 2?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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John Malkovich as Reeves Minot in Ripley.<\/span><\/figcaption> Courtesy of Netflix <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Naturally, Andrew Scott would need to return in the role of the eponymous character, Tom Ripley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If the series follows the Ripley novels, the only other character who would return from the first run would be John Malkovich in the role of Ripley\u2019s criminal associate, Reeves Minot,\u00a0<\/b>who appears in multiple novels in the Ripley series.<\/p>\n

Additionally, numerous other characters from the second novel Ripley Under Ground and beyond would need to be cast.<\/p>\n

As well as various business associates that Ripley encounters and other potential threats to his art forgery business that he encounters in the second book, the main casting that would need to take place would be that of Ripley\u2019s wife and wealthy French heiress H\u00e9lo\u00efse Plisson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Are there any wonderful French actresses you\u2019d love to see in the role? I\u2019m rooting for the casting of Eva Green as she\u2019d be such a devilish energy to add to proceedings.<\/p>\n

Finally, given how Inspector Pietro Ravini was on to Ripley at the end of the first run, could Maurizio Lombardi reprise his role? It remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

What would a potential Ripley season 2 cover?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Andrew Scott sits on a chair as Tom Ripley as he poses for a portrait by Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf in a black-and-white still from Ripley.<\/span><\/figcaption> Courtesy of Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

There are four other Ripley novels by author Patricia Highsmith.<\/p>\n

These begin with the book Ripley Under Ground,<\/a> followed by Ripley\u2019s Game<\/a>, The Boy Who Followed Ripley<\/a>, and the final novel, Ripley Under Water<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Given the contemplative pace of the first run, we\u2019d imagine a second season would cover the second book or the next two at most.<\/p>\n

The second novel follows Ripley six years after the events of the first novel and the death of Dickie Greenleaf, with Tom Ripley now living a lavish lifestyle in France with his wife H\u00e9lo\u00efse Plisson, having utilised her wealth and his own as the heir of the Greenleaf fortune.<\/p>\n

However, Ripley encounters trouble when his art forgery racket begins to collapse in and on itself when his lies catch up with him.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the first season ended on a cliffhanger as Inspector Pietro Ravini worked out Ripley\u2019s identity deception, so could he reappear to track down the villain?<\/p>\n

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