Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr has solely appeared in a handful of initiatives since leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe, however he is now lined up one other starring position.

As reported by Deadline, the Tony Stark actor will probably be showing in an HBO adaptation of The Sympathizer, a 2015 novel.

Downey Jr will probably be producing by means of his Crew Downey firm, in addition to starring. Many of the forged, together with the opposite lead, will probably be performed by Vietnamese actors, because the e-book’s writer Viet Thanh Nguyen is American-Vietnamese.

The novel, which is darkish comedy-satire in addition to a thriller, focuses on a mole from South Vietnam serving within the South Vietnam military. This mole, who narrates the novel, goes on to change into a cultural advisor for Hollywood motion pictures set through the Vietnam Warfare, equivalent to Apocalypse Now and Platoon. This character is presently being forged.

Downey Jr will play a Hollywood director, in addition to a congressman and CIA operative. Actually, he’s reported to be taking part in virtually each American antagonistic character within the sequence.

In an announcement, the actor stated: “Adapting Mr Nguyen’s vital and masterful work requires a visionary workforce. With director (Park Chan-wook, The Vengeance Trilogy) on the helm, I anticipate this to be a inventive producing journey for Susan, me and Crew Downey, and a stimulating course of for myself in taking part in these complicated supporting roles.

“A24 and HBO are the proper mixture of companions and co-parents. It is precisely the kind of problem I have been craving, and I consider we are going to ship an distinctive viewing expertise to our viewers.”

Earlier than Black Widow lastly launched, we anticipated it to characteristic an RDJ cameo, however that did not find yourself occurring. The MCU spy film’s co-writer not too long ago opened up and defined why that was.

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