‘The Sympathizer’ Opens a Counteroffensive on Vietnam War Movies
But the network has never given us its longform version of, or rebuttal to, one Hollywood staple: the Vietnam War movie ...
‘The Sympathizer’s’ Hoa Xuande on Landing Leading Role: ‘I Felt Like I Won the Lottery’
Hoa Xuande’s life changed on Sept. 21, 2022. It was nine months after he had sent in his audition tape for HBO’s series “The ...
John Cho Doesn’t Think of His ‘Sympathizer’ Cameo as Meta, But Understands If You Do
The HBO limited series’ fourth episode satirizes Vietnam War movies, with Cho playing Hollywood’s go-to Asian actor.
The Sympathizer and the True Story of the Fall of Saigon
HBO's latest miniseries is an adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel that deals with espionage after the fall of Saigon.
Inside the Prosthetics for Robert Downey Jr.'s Multiple ‘The Sympathizer' Roles
The makeup and hair team tells IndieWire how the CIA operative, East Asian professor, congressman, and auteur director were ...
"The Sympathizer" pokes holes in "the authenticity that the Auteur is very obsessed about"
In the latest episode showrunner Park Chan-wook uses Robert Downey Jr. to examine American pop culture's power ...
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HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’ Leans Into the Tragic Absurdity of the Vietnam War
The first frame of The Sympathizer reminds us that what is known in the United States as the “Vietnam War,” the Vietnamese ...
How ‘The Sympathizer’ Cast Represents a Portrait of the Modern Vietnamese Diaspora
Several Vietnamese members of the cast personally experienced the fall of Saigon. For others, the HBO limited series was a ...
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Sandra Oh and Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’
The star of the spy thriller and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist discuss the strides made — and tensions felt — by Asian ...
How ‘The Sympathizer’ Makeup and Hair Artists Believably Transformed Robert Downey Jr. Into Four Different Characters
When “ The Sympathizer ” showrunner and director Park Chan-Wook brainstormed ideas for HBO’s newest miniseries, one scene ...
How The Sympathizer Pulled Off That Steakhouse Scene With Four Different Robert Downey Jr. Characters
Costume designer Danny Glicker on building distinct wardrobes for each of RDJ’s myriad roles and how Ryan O’Neal in Love ...
HBO's The Sympathizer has an Aussie star!
Vietnamese-Australian actor Hoa Xuande is breaking into Hollywood's big league as the star of HBO's The Sympathizer, a ...