Robert Downey Jr. To Star in First TV Series, ‘The Sympathizer’
But here is an eye-catching announcement. Deadline reports Downey will now star in
The Sympathizer, an upcoming series for HBO from A24. The show will be directed by Park Chan-wook, the great Korean filmmaker behind
Oldboy,
The Handmaiden. The project marks Downey’s first major role in a television series.
The show is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, which is described as “an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.” Downey “ is set to play multiple supporting roles as the main antagonists, all of whom represent a different arm of the American establishment including an up-and-coming Orange County Congressman, a CIA agent and a Hollywood film director, among others.” In a statement, Down
Robert Downey Jr To Star in First TV Series, The Sympathizer
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