With red curly wig
Actor Robert Downey Jr appears unrecognizable on the Los Angeles filming set of his latest series, ‘The Sympathizer’. The actor appears in a curly red wig with receding hairline.
Plays several characters
A few months ago it was reported that the actor was going to play several supporting characters in the series ‘The Sympathizer’ and the actor himself confirmed to be playing five different roles for which he shaved his head to be able to fit the different wigs well.
Adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winner
The Sympathizer is a miniseries produced for the HBO network that adapts Viet Thanh Nguyen’s first novel, published in 2015 and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2016.
An espionage thriller
‘The Sympathizer,’ which Robert Downey Jr. stars in and executive produces, is an espionage thriller and cross-cultural satire that tells the story of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy exiled to Los Angeles in the waning days of the Vietnam War.
Physical transformation
The first time the actor appeared with a shaved head was on the red carpet of the Governors Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, something that left many of his followers in shock until it was clarified that it was part of his physical transformation for the filming of his new movie.
