[Only IN Hollywood] A lot of Robert Downey Jr., Vietnamese actors bring 'The Sympathizer' to life

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[Only IN Hollywood] A lot of Robert Downey Jr., Vietnamese actors bring 'The Sympathizer' to life

LOS ANGELES, USA – “It felt like I won the lottery,” Hoa Xuande said about finding out he bagged the lead role of The Captain in The Sympathizer, Park Chan-wook’s miniseries adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The Captain, from whose coerced perspective as a prisoner the thrilling spy tale is told, is a huge, demanding part for the Australian actor of Vietnamese heritage, and he delivers. Hoa leads a …