The race for Supporting Actor in a Limited Series is closer than it appears.
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In an Emmys year with quite a few certainties (is there any doubt that Jeremy Allen White is going to win again for The Bear?), one of those sure bets seems to be that Robert Downey Jr. will win an Emmy — his first — for his performance in HBO’s limited series The Sympathizer. But recent developments in his career have me wondering whether this narrative has shifted beneath his feet, opening up space for what turns out to be a surprisingly robust category full of competitors.
First, though, let’s lay out the case for RDJ winning. To start, he’s the biggest star in the category by a factor of about a billion….
