‘The Sympathizer’ Trailer: Robert Downey Jr. Morphs Into Multiple Characters in Max Spy Series
variety.comEllise Shafer Robert Downey Jr. is a master of disguise in the trailer for “The Sympathizer,” a new spy series coming in 2024 to HBO’s rebranded Max streaming service.
Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Sympathizer” stars Hoa Xuande (“Cowboy Bebop”) as a spy for North Vietnam who becomes embedded in L.A.’s refugee community.
Headed by Park Chan-wook, who serves as co-showrunner, executive producer, writer and director, “The Sympathizer’s” official logline describes the show 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 Jr., who is as an executive producer on the HBO and A24 production alongside his wife Susan Downey, takes on several roles in the show.
Each of Downey Jr.’s characters have their own distinct look, as depicted in the trailer, and are meant to represent different aspects of the American establishment –among them an up-and-coming Orange County Congressman, a CIA operative and a Hollywood film director.
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