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Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for The Penguin Episode 1.If any character from Matt Reeves' 2022 film The Batman deserved their own spin-off, Oz Cobb would likely be the first one to pitch himself for the privilege. At the time of the movie's events, Oz is the number one lieutenant for mob boss Carmine Falcone , but finds himself in a unique position of opportunity after Falcone is murdered by the Riddler on the steps of the Iceberg Lounge.
'The Penguin's Craig Zobel Discusses Defining the Look of the Show You've touched on it a little bit already, in talking about the look of The Batman, which is a thread that carries over into this show.
ZOBEL: The film has a lot of warm light in it, and that was definitely a thing that we noticed and talked about. Again, that was at least in the front side of the show, when you're still used to what the film was. I felt like it was important to be in that stuff. Also, it's just nice to have a contained palette, and have rules, for no other reason than that helps you just have fun by playing inside of the sandbox.
It's interesting, too, that Oz shoots Alberto while Al is standing over him. Was that also in the script, or was that a deliberate choice? Craig Zobel Discusses the "Apparation-Like" Introduction of Cristin Milioti's Sofia Falcone Speaking of fun details, Sofia's entrance, the scene where she comes into the room — she's out of focus over Oz's shoulder, dressed in white. It feels a bit like she's a ghost coming in, not really making a sound. He doesn't know she's there until she's addressed directly.
We meet Oz's mother in this episode, someone he's actually been keeping a secret from everyone else. There's a tragedy to the introduction, because she's very clearly suffering from some kind of dementia. In terms of the structuring of that scene, there are a lot of shots from Victor's POV far across the room, and then, it feels like, as that scene continues, it closes in on Oz and Francis, especially when they're dancing and she has one of her more lucid moments.
Hearing his rationale, or his persuasion, by pointing out where they come from compared to what you've seen in the middle of this episode — having to drive over the bridge, outside to the suburbs, to the moneyed and old suburbs of Gotham, and how different that is from where he is, and the fact that he says that line about them. He sees himself as not a Falcone. Those people were born rich, they were never hungry, born full.
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