Robert Downey Jr.'s new look has shocked his fans. The actor paraded completely bald at an awards ceremony on the red carpet and speculation regarding the reasons for his new look did not wait.
Accompanied by his wife, Susan Levin, the artist participated on Saturday night at the Governors Awards gala in Los Angeles, where he could be seen with his head shaved.
The Iron Man star, who normally sports short hair, now sports a noticeably different physical appearance. Dressed in a black tuxedo, white shirt, and tie, the actor cast knowing glances at the photographers, who kept an eye on him.
As the images of the event transcended, fans were surprised by the new appearance of the 57-year-old interpreter. Some did not even recognize it. What is the reason for the new image of him?
Robert Downey Jr. shaved his head while preparing for a new role he will play in the HBO series The Sympathizer.
It is worth mentioning that shortly before the celebration of Halloween, the actor shared a video on social networks where he could be seen cutting his hair in the company of his children in his house.
The Avengers star explained to the children, Exton, 10, and Avri, 8: "I don't want to have to wear a bald cap [of the kind used in acting], so could you shave my head?" ?” he suggests. The video then shows the little ones helping him in the work of transforming the "hairstyle" of his famous father. “The things we do for our job…and our kids,” the star captioned the photo.
As for his participation in The Sympathizer, an adaptation of the novel written by the Vietnamese Viet Thanh Nguyen, it has been confirmed that Robert Downey Jr. will play one of the protagonists of the plot. The book on which the story is based won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016, as well as other prestigious international awards. Now, thanks to HBO, the new audiovisual production will be part of the HBO Max catalog. The production company describes the series as a "gripping exploration of identity and America, a captivating spy novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship."
The series is an espionage thriller and cross-cultural satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the last days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States.
Along with Downey Jr., they will star in the fiction Hoa Xuande, Fred Nguyen Khan, Toan Le, Vy Le, and Alan Trong, all of the Vietnamese descent. They were chosen after extensive casting in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, and Vietnam and an open search call worldwide. Described as a "searing exploration of American identity, 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.
Xuande will play the Captain, a North Vietnamese spy immersed in a Los Angeles refugee community. He is about a man of dual identities who finds himself caught between conflicting loyalties and conflicting desires. Nguyen Khan will play Bon, the Captain's childhood friend who refuses to acknowledge the Captain's multiple identities. In his case, he is a proud member of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam who arrives in Los Angeles after a tragic loss and finally finds new meaning in the most unlikely places and circumstances.
Toan will put himself in the shoes of the General, the former leader of the South Vietnamese Secret Police. Overcome by paranoia, the character will be obsessed with detecting traitors in the refugee community and will pursue his goal of leading a counterrevolutionary mission in his homeland. Vy Le will play Lana, the General's rebellious daughter, while Trong will play Sonny, the Captain's former partner and later editor of a Vietnamese-language newspaper in Los Angeles.
