Featuring stars Hoa Xuande, Sandra Oh, Fred Nguyen Khan and Duy Nguyen, plus co-showrunners Don McKellar and Park Chan-wook.

When Team Downey was approached about HBO’s adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Sympathizer,” many of the puzzle pieces were already in place — including a pilot script, show bible and Park Chan-wook and A24 attached.

“We really got to see the vision of it,” producer Amanda Burrell told TheWrap. “We read the book, which is incredible, and were honestly staggered that they were able to adapt it so incredibly. It came in with director Park’s crazy idea of Robert [Downey Jr.] playing four characters and we just loved the ambition of it.”

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