Robert Downey Jr will blow your mind in the next series

Robert Downey Jr. plays several roles in The sympathizer

Some will believe it (rightly). Robert Downey Junior. he has nothing left to prove to anyone. However, his consecration at the 2024 Oscars in the Best Supporting Actor category for Oppenheimer (2023) is important. An award that serves to remember that the actor is capable of great things. Playing Lewis Strauss in Christopher Nolan’s film (awarded 7 Oscars in total), Robert Downey Jr. left his mark. But after the series it won’t stop there The sympathizer will be coming to our screens soon. And for this, the one who played Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be significantly transformed.

In fact, Robert Downey Jr. will play in the series. multiple roles it should represent the different faces of the American establishment. As we could see in the different trailers (the latter of which can be seen on the front page of the article), he will appear sometimes as a CIA agent, sometimes as a director or a member of Congress. And every time, the actor is unrecognizable. We can barely recognize him because he is bald and has a big belly.

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But Robert Downey Jr. will not be the only interest of The sympathizersince the series was produced by Park Chan-wook. The South Korean director had already signed the excellent series The little drummer (2018) and his latest film Decision to leave (2022) is a true masterpiece for us. Once not customary, the director will then propose a story of lies and false pretensesthis time with a communist mole in exile in the United States during the Vietnam War.

A double agent played on screen by Hoa Xuande, which could be one of the revelations of the year. In any case, the actor seems perfectly capable of playing the lead role in this ambitious series produced by HBO. We would like to point out that Park Chan-wook shares the production of the show with Fernando Meirelles and Marc Munden, and co-signed the screenplay for The sympathizer with Don McKellar. Finally, this spy story is based on the novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

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The trailers of The sympathizer they were able to create some hype around this project. We will be able to see the final result very soon as the series will be broadcast from April 15 in the US+24 with Warner Pass via Prime Video. The streaming service also shared the synopsis: “The Sympathizer” is a spy thriller and cross-cultural satire that chronicles the trials and tribulations of a French-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and then his exile in Los Angeles, where he finds himself having to return in service.

Source: Cine Serie

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