Elizabeth Debicki Recalls Sitting Between Jude Law and Matt Damon at Met Gala: ‘Oh, My God! I’m in a Ripley Sandwich’
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events It’s two weeks after Elizabeth Debicki attended the Met Gala. She’s now in Los Angeles for Emmy campaigning for her work as Princess Diana on “The Crown.” I meet her Netflix’s FYC pop-up in Hollywood for quick chat before she takes part in a panel discussion with “The Crown” creator Peter Morgan.
We grab a couple of seats in the “Ripley” room. “I’m bummed I couldn’t be in it,” Debicki says of the streamer’s adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 crime novel, “The Talented Mr.
Ripley.” “Not that anyone asked.” But then she suddenly remembers the Met Gala. “I sat in between Jude Law and Matt Damon,” Debicki says. “At that point, one margarita in, I thought, “Oh, my God.
I’m in a Ripley sandwich.” She did not, however, share her thought with the original “Ripley” actors. “I had so much fun,” Debicki says of Anna Wintour’s annual museum fundraiser. “I’ve been before and I’ve had less fun.
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