Robert Downey Jr., Robert Downey Jr., and Robert Downey Jr. get funky in new Sympathizer trailer
Spycraft is a little more than Groucho glasses, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some grouchy glasses in the trailer
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The Sympathizer, the new HBO limited series from Park Chan-Wook and Robert Downey Jr., premieres next month, and it couldn’t come at a more perfect time. Aside from Park being behind the camera for the first time since 2022’s Decision To Leave, Downey is riding high off his recent Oscar win and is apparently making a meal of being able to act again. Now that Christopher Nolan has resurrected his dwindling credibility (his words), he’s playing a host of roles for Park, including what appears to be a movie director reminiscent of a scene out of Tropic Thunder. See that? You can go home again.
Set during the final days of the Vietnam War, the series follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese former communist spy (Hoa Xuande) living the good life in sunny Los Angeles. Unfortunately, a wily and shape-shifting Robert Downey Jr. has other plans. (Downey’s character wants him to do spy stuff again.)