Sneaky devils. Just days after reporting that Robert Pattison was in talks for the role of (alleged) serial killer H. H. Holmes, Giant Freakin Robot has revealed that Matt Damon is a top choice for the lead role in the Hulu adaptation of Erik Larson’s 2003 bestseller about the 1893 World’s Fair, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. Damon, star of Good Will Hunting (1997), played serial killer Tom Ripley in the psychological thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). How do ya like them apples?
Matt Damon as a calm and calculating serial killer in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).