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Colin Farrell struggled to get his version of the Penguin to smoke tobacco in The Batman (2022), but was unsuccessful
Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka the Penguin, tries to take the reins of the crime world in Gotham. From melting makeup to filming in freezing temperatures, Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti talk about how they landed their roles while filming The Penguin.
The DC Studios logo is placed in a rainy Gotham alley
For his own series, however, the character is portrayed as a casual tobacco user with a penchant for cigars. An umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros.
Starring in Graham Norton and the Gosti: Lady Gaga/Demi Moore/Colin Farrell/Richard Ayoade/Jack Savoretti (2024)
logo. The first episode is a direct sequel to Matt Reeves’ The Batman and I imagine those who haven’t seen the latter will be a little lost.
It also adopts the film’s aesthetic and somber tone, although the series has many more moments of sly levity than the film
But I saw The Batman a while ago and this series did an admirable job of quickly getting me up to speed with the film without bogging me down in a didactic recap. As in The Batman, Colin Farrell does a great job of portraying the Penguin as a stereotypical mafia “street guy”: crude, profane, moody and prone to violence; but also smart, cunning and able to read people.
But so far, things have started well
The character may have nothing at all to do with the comic version, but he’s interesting in his own right. I have my doubts about whether the series will give the Penguin a teenage sidekick; and I don’t know whether the Penguin’s machinations will be enough to sustain an entire season.
