The late Philip Seymour Hoffman played Freddie, a friend of Dickey's who's suspicious of Ripley. The movie was largely set in Italy, and filming took place there, too. "It was such a great — I ...

However, one adaptation of the character has stand out among the others, and that’s Matt Damon’s version in “The Talented Mr.

The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to ...

Philip was a talented actor … but not a good estate planner. He died in 2014 and was survived by his girlfriend, Mimi, and their three children, ages 10, 7 and 5. He did not want "trust fund ...