‘The Sympathizer’: Marc Munden & Fernando Meirelles To Direct HBO/A24 Series, Three Cast
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Marc Munden (Utopia) and Fernando Meireilles (The Two Popes) have been tapped to direct episodes of The Sympathizer, a drama series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, produced by and co-starring Robert Downey Jr.
The HBO/A24 series also has added three new cast members, Duy Nguyen, Kayli Tran and VyVy Nguyen. The Sympathizer is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.
Described as a “blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping spy novel and a powerful story of love and friendship,” the novel is hailed as a new classic of war fiction and has been compared to the works of Kafka, Orwell, and le Carré.
Munden will direct episodes 5,6, and 7 and Meirelles will direct episode 4. Duy Nguyenwill play Man, the Captain’s blood brother and spy handler.
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