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‘The Sympathizer’s’ Hoa Xuande on Landing Leading Role: ‘I Felt Like I Won the Lottery’


"The Sympathizer" star Hoa Xuande and landing a leading role and receiving Gold House's New Gold Honor

But on that fateful September morning, he learned that he’d be playing the Captain, starring in the series opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Sandra Oh. He had started reading it while filming Netflix’s “Cowboy BeBop” and had ideas about the Captain, but being on the set was different than thinking about the character. “Once you step on set with the departments and creatives, there are so many nuts and bolts and it took me a month to adjust, learn and to feel comfortable,” he says.

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