The Sympathizer finale reveals why Robert Downey Jr. played so many different characters

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The Sympathizer finale reveals why Robert Downey Jr. played so many different characters
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'The Sympathizer' producer Susan Downey and star Hoa Xuande discuss the thematic connection between the multiple characters played by Robert Downey Jr.

Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled.In the world of espionage, one person can wear many guises. The very first line of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, in fact, has the unnamed protagonist declare, “I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces.”, but his multi-character performance was about more than just the shapeshifting nature of Cold War spycraft.

, EW couldn’t resist asking which of her husband’s performances in the show was her personal favorite. Both Downey and fellow producer Amanda Burrell are big fans of the finale scene between the Captain and Claude, where the CIA spymaster reveals that he has an audio recording of the Captain admitting to his communist bona fides before he killed journalist Sonny Tran .

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