When audiences tune into the best of HBO’s brand-new restricted series The Sympathizer this weekend, they’ll be dealtwith to a scene-stealing efficiency from Oscar-winner Robert Downey Jr. When they tune into the 2nd episode, they’ll discover him playing another nearly-unrecognizable character.
That cycle repeats as the series goes on, as Downey Jr. plays a host of numerous American characters from the viewpoint of the reveal’s leadcharacter, a North Vietnamese spy living in America who is referred to just as “The Captain.” The series, helmed by Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, is an adjustment of the Pulitzer Prize-winning unique of the verysame name by Viet Thanh Nguyen, and the choice to cast Downey Jr. in numerous functions played a huge part in how the series got made.
“This series came to us with a script, a series bible, and Park Chan-wook currently connected,” executive manufacturer Amanda Burrell informed For The Win. “Park approached us right from the start with the particular vision for Robert playing these 4 characters, wh