To Grab Emmy After Oscar, Robert Downey Jr. Takes Five Roles in His New Spy TV Show
What’s the best way to increase your odds to get an Emmy by five? Play five characters in the same TV show, of course! RDJ’s playbook goes hard, people.
Summary:
- HBO’s upcoming spy thriller show is scheduled for an April 14, 2024 release.
- Robert Downey Jr. plays five different characters in the series and improvises many of his lines.
- RDJ’s fans believe that the actor is after an Emmy after winning an Oscar for Oppenheimer.
Throughout his long and fruitful acting career, Robert Downey Jr. has played many characters — but in the audience’s hivemind, he always remained Tony Stark. That changed with Nolan’s Oppenheimer where the actor took on a serious dramatic role, absolutely killed it, and won his first-ever Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for that.
But the Academy Award isn’t enough. RDJ is aiming for the Emmy, too.
What Is Robert Downey Jr’s New TV Show?
The star actor never rests, as his upcoming TV show The Sympathizer is set for an April 14, 2024 premiere. In just two weeks, HBO’s new spy series will once again change how the audience views Robert Downey Jr… Largely, because there will be a lot of Robert Downey Jr. in The Sympathizer — five times more than usual.
The Sympathizer describes itself as “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.” We all love some spy action, and we love Robert Downey Jr., so it’s not like we even needed such a juicy intro to hop onto the train, but this makes it even better.
Robert Downey Jr. Multiplies in The Sympathizer
Apart from its enticing premise, The Sympathizer has another ace up its sleeve — and this one is guaranteed to draw everyone’s attention to HBO’s upcoming TV show. The series’ gimmick is not just casting RDJ in the main role; it's casting him in five main roles simultaneously and letting him go nuts with improvisation.
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That’s right: in The Sympathizer, there will be five different characters all portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. This is bound to allow his acting chops truly shine, and the fact that in most scenes, the actor improvised, makes it even more spectacular. If you, too, are looking forward to watching this spy-thriller RDJ craze, tune in to Max on April 14, 2024.