As awards-season citizens continue to shower Robert Downey Jr. with prizes for his efficiency in Oppenheimerthe previous Iron Man star is currently teeing up another post-MCU function. In fact, we ought to state functions— plural. In HBO’s upcoming thriller, The SympathizerDowney Jr. will have “a number of villain supporting functions,” according to the network. A brand-new trailer flashes a few of those crazy parts, revealing 4 Downey Jr. characters back-to-back– each more outlandish-looking than the last.
Based Upon Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the exact same name, The Sympathizer follows a half-Vietnamese, half-French communist spy (Hoa Xuande). After spying for the Viet Cong throughout the Vietnam War, he leaves his nation and relocates to a neighborhood of South Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles. There, he discovers that his days of spying are far from over. The upcoming series is directed by well-known filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Choice to Leaveand executive-produced by Don McKellar (The Drowsy Chaperone. Did we point out The Sympathizer Stars the terrific Sandra Oh (Eliminating Eve?
The satirical story of dueling obligations will make for a hell of a series, audiences will certainly like Downey Jr.’s mix of supporting functions. For any Downey Jr. heads, the looks of his characters produce the wackiness of Wayne Gale from Natural Born Killers“I was amazed by how rapidly [Downey Jr.] had the ability to create a really various efficiency– he ‘d do a various improv for each and every take,” Park informed Vanity Fair“Even when I had a good-enough take, I needed to fall back and reduce myself from requesting more. It boggled the mind to see.”
Even if the star does not take home the Oscar next month, we’ll be right back in our seats to take pleasure in the male’s skills when The Sympathizer hits HBO and Max on April 14, 2024.
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