Colin Farrell Complained on ‘The Penguin’ Set ‘That I F—ing Want It to Be Finished,’ Said After Wrapping: ‘I Never Want to Put That F—ing Suit on Again’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Colin Farrell recently told Total Film magazine that he’s not sure about returning as Oswald Cobblepot for a potential second season of “The Penguin” given what a burden it is to emotionally and physically transform into the infamous Batman villain.
Farrell debuted as the gangster in 2022’s “The Batman.” The first season of “The Penguin” kicks off this month on HBO and Max. “I don’t know, man,” Farrell said. “Don’t get me wrong – I loved it – but it got in on me a little bit.
By the end of it, I was bitching and moaning to anyone who would listen to me that I fucking wanted it to be finished. 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.
But by the end of it…” “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,” he continued. “Lauren said, ‘Look, if I could find a way that makes sense, would you talk about it?’ And I said, ‘Absolutely.’ And maybe in a year I would.
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