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4. Elaina Patton is a freelance entertainment and culture writer. Decades before Andrew Scott and Matt Damon, Alain Delon was one the first to play the literary sociopath Tom Ripley on the screen (only second to American actor Keefe Brasselle in a episode. For more from NBC Out, sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Dennis Hopper as Tom Ripley in The American Friend () There’s not much to relay on the gay front in Wim Wender’s The American Friend, an adaptation of a Highsmith novel we’ll talk about in more detail later in this list. Tom Ripley, aka The Talented Mr Ripley, is a chameleon of sorts – a scam artist who shifts and changes according to the grift at hand, not to mention his own dark impulses.

Trading the colors of the Mediterranean for dramatic black-and-white, the slow-moving drama follows Ripley across the seas, through storied train stations, up ancient stairways and into elaborately decorated interiors, as he transforms from a slouching, amateur con man to an elegant, haunted serial killer.

Sections U. Follow NBC News. Elaina Patton Elaina Patton is a freelance entertainment and culture writer. But even more than the physical demands of the role, Scott channels the old Hollywood stars in their ability to craft an unsettling queer-coded killer. Set in the s, it stars Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, a con artist who is sent from New York City to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf (played by Jude Law), a rich and spoiled playboy, to.

The Talented Mr. Ripley is a American psychological thriller film written and directed by Anthony Minghella, based on Patricia Highsmith 's novel. No one knows the. “The movie struck me as both capital-G Gay in terms of the homoerotic content, but then also very small-g gay in terms of the travelogue aspect and the beautiful people in clothes,” says.

Search Search. Profile My News Sign Out. Sign In Create your free profile. Skip to Content. Do I think he would be comfortable in a straight bar? The Talented Mr. Ripley () - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Latest Stories U. By Elaina Patton. NBC News Logo. Though we’ve gone on to new representations of Ripley’s sexuality, notably in Netflix’s 'Ripley', Matt Damon’s baroque interpretation of the beloved anti-hero remains a groundbreaking portrayal of a complex gay protagonist in a Hollywood production in the late nineties.

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