Colin Farrell fought hard to get his version of The Penguin to smoke tobacco in The Batman (2022), but failed
Scenario
Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka The Penguin, attempts to take over Gotham’s criminal underworld. Aside from the Bat-Signal in the final shot of the season finale, we never got our Robert Pattinson cameo in « The Penguin. » In this short video, IMDb attempts to answer: Where the heck was Batman?. For his own series, however, the character is depicted as an occasional tobacco user, with a preference for cigars.
The DC Studios logo is set in a rainy Gotham alley
An umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros. logo. Appeared in Graham Norton The Gossips: Lady Gaga/Demi Moore/Colin Farrell/Richard Ayoade/Jack Savoretti (2024).
But after the first episode I will confirm that this series is great (so far)
I thought Colin Farrell was great as Penguin in Batman, but I never understood how they could cast a skinny, good looking, fit actor and put huge prosthetics and a fat suit on him… especially when I think he looks like other famous actors who would have been just as good. I also didn’t understand why this spin-off was happening, and to be honest, I’m just tired of Batman reboots.
But I didn’t expect to like it this much
I only watched it now as a necessary transition between the first and second movies, and my surprising appreciation for Farrell in the role in the first. The acting is great, the writing is superb, and it surprised me with some quick twists. The biggest thing I liked was that there was a lot more color than in Batman.
I hope it continues to be this good because I can’t wait for the next episode
I noticed this almost immediately, because that was a big complaint for me about the movie (it felt like I was watching it through a Zack Snyder lens).