Colin Farrell snarling as Oz Cobb in The Penguin (2024) next to Danny DeVito and Michael Keaton as Penguin and Batman in the poster for Batman Returns (1992)
Danny DeVito’s comments about The Penguin make me appreciate both the hit DC TV show and Batman Returns even more. The Penguin episode 8’s ending essentially solidified it as a modern DC classic in the eyes of many, myself included. The show explored the version of the DC villain in somewhat of a new light after the more grounded, gritty tone that was established for the universe by the time of The Batman’s ending in 2022.
" But I think we both really do a substantially good job with Oswald from different angles. You know, mine had no Italian overtones of mafia or guns in that way. I was just the, you know, egomaniac trying to take over the city. I was, you know, a misunderstood bird, a bird who cannot fly. So mine is a totally different character than in The Penguin with Colin, which is good. It's good. Here you got a gangster penguin. It's fine, and he's doing a great job.
" I understand the trauma of going through, like, hours and hours of makeup, and you're transforming yourself . It's different with me, because wherever I go, I'm Oswald Cobblepot, you know, people could see me. You can't hide me. You know what I mean, that kind of thing. Colin could go anywhere he wants with that makeup and go sit in a restaurant.
We, as fans, now have two well-received, equally compelling mainstream versions of the Penguin in live-action Batman cinema...
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