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Colin Farrell “Never” Wanted To Wear ‘The Penguin’ Prosthetics Again


Ahead of his 'The Batman' series spin-off 'The Penguin's premiere on HBO, Colin Farrell is sharing his exasperation about the role's prosthetics.

The Academy Award nominee recently recalled the grueling makeup process that went into bringing his The Batman villain to life for the series spin-off of Matt Reeves ‘ 2022 film, which premieres Sept. 19 at 9pm on HBO, and if he’s up for getting into prosthetics again for a potential second season. I tried to remind them that I had ‘grumpy gratitude.’ I was still grateful, and still honored – I grew up watching Burgess Meredith [who played the role in the ’60s TV series], and then Danny DeVito[in Tim Burton ‘s 1992 film Batman Returns] was my Penguin – so being a part of the lineage of that storytelling, I really did feel privileged. He continued, “It’s not like I didn’t know who I was and I was going out and burning cars and shit, but… if you take what Matt Reeves created and then what Lauren [LeFranc, showrunner] did and what Mike [Marino, prosthetics and make-up designer] did and put them all together, it was a really powerful experience.”

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