The Sympathizer Teaser Trailer Shows Robert Downey Jr.’s Multiple Roles

HBO has released the first teaser trailer for The Sympathizer, the upcoming espionage thriller featuring Hoa Xuande as a half-Vietnamese communist spy living in America. The limited drama will be available for streaming in 2024, exclusively on the newly rebranded Max.

The video provides viewers a glimpse of Robert Downey Jr.‘s multiple characters as he is expected to serve as the show’s antagonist. This marks the Avengers: Endgame star’s first scripted TV project in over two decades since appearing as Larry Paul on the classic legal comedy Ally McBeal.

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Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer-winning debut novel, The Sympathizer is being directed by award-winning South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-Wook, who is also serving as a showrunner with writer Don McKellar. The series stars Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le, Alan Trong, Vy Le, Ky Duyen, with Sandra Oh, and Robert Downey Jr.

“The drama is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States,” reads the synopsis.

It is executive produced by Downey Jr., Park, McKellar, Susan Downey, Amanda Burrell, Niv Fichman, Kim Ly, Ron Schmidt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Jisun Back. It is a co-production between HBO, A24, and Rhombus Media in association with Cinetic Media and Moho Film.