After the Iron Man ending in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr. searches for new acting challenges. The Sympathizer probably offers him a good opportunity to do so.
In the upcoming series from Oldboy director Park Chan-wook, the Avengers star is set to embody multiple characters through a surreal twist. Now are first set photos landed on the web for the HBO series, in which Downey Jr. is hardly recognizable.
Watch a trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer with Robert Downey Jr. here:
Oppenheimer – Trailer (German) HD
Robert Downey Jr. plunges into acting excess after the MCU
The upcoming Park Chan-wook series is based on the critically acclaimed and 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The story revolves around you communist spy during the cold warwho has French and Vietnamese roots and is being exiled to the United States.
Through a surreal trick, Robert Downey Jr. several villains play that are part of the American establishment. Now set photos for The Sympathizer have landed on the internet pretty transformed Downey Jr. show in one of the roles:
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Apparently different wigs and costumes are used for the different characters in the HBO series. At the end of October 2022, the Marvel star already shared a video on Instagram in which he supported The Sympathizer shave a bald head off his children leaves:
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We will soon find out whether the effort was worth it. Unfortunately, when The Sympathizer will start exactly is not yet certain. Also this year, Robert Downey Jr. can be seen in Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer, which opens on July 20, 2023 comes to the cinemas.
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