By HBO is set to premiere its “The Batman” spinoff series “The Penguin” next week, the eight-episode series set after the events of Matt Reeves’ film.
In the wake of the death of Carmine Falcone (Jon Turturro) and with parts of Gotham City still somewhat flooded, a turf war breaks out for supremacy over the city’s underworld.
The focus of the series is on Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin, a role which requires the Actor to Don nearly four hours of make-up a day to play a character who looks drastically different from him.
That process took a toll on the Irish actor who tells Total Film magazine that he’s not sure about returning to the role for a potential second season as right now he’s ‘over’ it:
“I don’t know, man. Don’t get me wrong – I loved it – but it got in on me a little bit. By the end of it, I was bitching and moaning to anyone who would listen to me that I f—ing wanted it to be finished.
He says he tried to remind everyone that despite his grumpiness, he was still grateful and “really did feel privileged” for the role and discussed his love of Burgess Meredith and Danny DeVito’s prior interpretations.
Overall he called it a “really powerful experience”. However, by the end of filming, he was done with the make-up and so wouldn’t talk about coming back for a second season for a long time:
“Lauren [LeFranc, showrunner] said, ‘Look, if I could find a way that makes sense, would you talk about it?’ And I said, ‘Absolutely.’ And maybe in a year I would. But when I finished I was like, ‘I never want to put that f—ing suit and that f—ing head on again.’”
Farrell will be donning the suit again next year when “The Batman: Part II” begins filming, though his role will be notably smaller than it is in the TV series.
Cristin Milioti, Clancy Brown, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, Theo Rossi, and David H. Holmes co-star in the series which launches September 19th.
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