Actor Johnny Flynn, best known for starring in period anthology "Genius", is joining Andrew Scott in the upcoming series "Ripley".
Based on Patricia Highsmith's novels, the show has received a straight-to-series order at Showtime with the "Fleabag" star in the title role.
According to Variety, Flynn will appear in a series regular role in the eight-episode first season.
The series follows Tom Ripley (Scott), a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, who is hired by a wealthy man to try to convince his vagabond son, Dickie Greenleaf (Flynn), who is living a comfortable, trust-funded ex-pat life in Italy, to return home.
"Ripley" comes from writer-director Steven Zaillian,
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