It does feel different [to playing Moriarty], he told theTodayprogram.

We should empathize with him.

He is the protagonist in this.

Ripley. Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Episode 101 of ‘Ripley’

Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Episode 101 of ‘Ripley’Netflix

The TV version stars Johnny Flynn as Greenleaf and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood.

Scott, whose credits includeFleabagandPride,said themes of class will come to the fore in the TV version.

This is a man with enormous talent living in stress where his neighbors are rats, he added.

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Ripleylaunches in two days time.