Meeting the self-professed ‘Gentleman of Crime’ Reeves and Farrell were staying true to the Penguin’s essential nature after all: As a gangster whose internal moral corruption would manifest itself physically via a receding hairline and a scarred face. But once the first teaser for The Batman premiered at DC FanDome 2020, many fans didn’t even realize that Farrell was in the trailer opposite Robert Pattinson’s ambitious Caped Crusader. A handsome, slick, but no less villainously cunning take on the Penguin sounds pretty good on paper. That’s why when it was revealed that director/writer Matt Reeves cast Colin Farrell as Cobblepot, many fans expected him to make the Penguin work by going the opposite direction of the comics, appearance-wise. After all, the 1997 over-the-top camp-fest that was Batman & Robin effectively nuked the Batman IP theatrically until Christopher Nolan came along. Assuming that bit of pure speculation is true, it’s not an entirely unfounded concern. The Penguin’s live-action portrayals have been fairly sparse, which may be a hint that writers and directors typically don’t see the stumpy, almost literal penguin-shaped mob boss would translate well into a “modern” live-action setting.
Given his gangster persona, depictions of the Penguin generally share a similar foundation, although the way Tim Burton depicted the character in Batman Returns is without a doubt the most gruesomely memorable in live-action in a way only his gothic sensibility could pull off. Meeting the self-professed ‘Gentleman of Crime’Įven with his cartoonishly evil appearance (replete with a monocle, top hat, and cigarette), the cockney-accented mobster managed to become one of the Dark Knight’s most iconic and notorious supervillains.The Batman is out in theaters on Friday, March 4. Penguin may not be as prone to violence as Peacemaker but he certainly has the potential to be, and viewers only get a taste of that in The Batman.Īccording to Variety, the character's HBO Max show will "delve into The Penguin's rise to power in the Gotham criminal underworld."įarrell has signed on to reprise his role, and he has also taken on the position of executive producer alongside Reeves and The Batman producer Dylan Clark. The Batman helps establish Penguin's rise to power by setting the stage for his criminal empire to grow, and it sees him start to lean into his villainy by teasing his ruthless ways.įarrell, for his part, is also very funny in the role, which is something that helps make him stand out from the other rogues and show why he should have his own spin-off, in the same way John Cena's Peacemaker did in The Suicide Squad. Wayne encounters Cobblepot on multiple occasions in the film, both as himself and in the guise of his vigilante alter-ego-though the criminal appears unaware of the link between the two.
The club is also where Selina works, serving drinks and acting as a go-between for the future kingpin and his drug operation. In The Batman, Penguin, who is referred to by both his moniker and his real name, is at the early stages of his criminal career, not quite yet the mob boss he is known to be in the original DC comics.Ĭobblepot is the owner of a club named the Iceberg Lounge, which is where he is in charge of a drug dealing operation as part of his role as a lieutenant to Carmine Falcone (John Turturro). Selina Kyle is not yet Catwoman and The Penguin is not yet the kingpin." Reeves has spoken on his decision to give more focus on Batman's villains in his film, telling IGN in an interview: "The thing about the movie is that it isn't a Batman origin story, but it is an origin story for every rogue's gallery character that you come across. How Does 'The Batman' Set Up HBO Max's Penguin Spin-Off Show? Robert Pattinson Breaks Down Batsuit as 'The Batman' Preview Dates Sell Out.
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