Robert Downey Jr. to star in Korean director Park Chan-wook’s HBO drama

Robert Downey Jr, seen here in 2018's 'Avengers Infinity War', is joining 'Oldboy' director Park Chan-wook’s upcoming drama 'The Sympathizer'. – Photo: Filepic

Robert Downey Jr. is joining director Park Chan-wook’s upcoming drama The Sympathizer, US online entertainment trade publication Deadline reported Friday.

The drama is an adaptation of Viet Tanh Nguyen’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title, a spy thriller work of historical fiction. The story centers around a spy from North Vietnam in the South Vietnamese army. The drama will follow the character in exile in the US, depicting the struggles of a communist spy and his settlement in the US after the Vietnam War.