Netflix's new series Ripley, based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, features Andrew Scott as the villain. Julianne Moore stars in Starz's Mary & George, a series about the courtly drama of early 1600s England. Both shows offer unique performances from the talented actors.
On Netflix , the hotly anticipated series Ripley (based on Patricia Highsmith ’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley ) puts Sherlock breakout Andrew Scott back in the villain seat, after some time spent in the world of sensitive gay drama and as TV’s most famously hot priest. Creator Steve Zaillian takes a more restrained approach to the material than did Anthony Minghella in his brilliant 1999 film adaptation, but the show has its own kind of heat—in an economical, buttoned-up way.
Going more classically broad, Julianne Moore tears into her material on Mary & George—a Starz series about the courtly drama of early 1600s England, when gay King James I rather openly kept the company of handsome young noblemen. His favorite was George Villiers, who used his royal connection to rise in political ranks and land a dukedom. Moore plays George’s scheming mother, a role that requires the right calibration of camp and genuine mettle. Ever an adaptable actor, she finds that balanc
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