HBO has given us a look at two new upcoming spy series: The Sympathizer, and Spy/Master.
, I didn’t know what to expect . I certainly knew nothing about the story herein, which is focused on a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the last days of the Vietnam War who goes on to live in exile in the US. But what I can tell you is the exact moment when I went from “What is this?” to “Okay, HBO, definitely watching.”
It’s right at the beginning of the trailer when Hoa Xuande’s character “The Captain” is asked by an eager-beaver American about his time “over there” — “So, did you kill anyone?” The Captain is the spy I mentioned above, who embeds in a refugee community in Los Angeles. The Captain draws out his response, with a sort of dramatic flourish, and his response is intercut with intense flashbacks. “With my own hands? … No. No, I never killed anyone.”“Really! And which side was that?”“Well, all of them, I guess.”
A soft chuckle. “I guess we all look the same after all, right? … I mean, I could be Viet Cong for all you know. A spy… how would you know?” He lets the silence hang there. And then laughs conspiratorially, laying one hand across his chest. “I’m not, of course! IPark Chan-wook and Don McKellar are the co-showrunners and executive producers, and in addition to Xuande the cast of this HBO series includes Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Ky Duyen, and Sandra Oh. Robert Downey Jr.
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