Colin Farrell has admitted that he wanted the forthcoming Penguin series to be over by the end of filming.Starring Farrell as the supervillain, alongside How I Met Your Mother’s Cristin Milioti and Runaways’ Rhenzy Feliz, the show is scheduled to debut in the US on HBO Max on September 19 and Sky Atlantic/NOW the following day (September 20).
Also joining the cast are Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Michael Kelly and Mark Strong.When asked about reprising his role for a second series, he told Total Film: “I don’t know, man.
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.”He continued: “I tried to remind them that I had ‘grumpy gratitude.’ I was still grateful, and still honoured – 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…”Farrell explained that he needed a break from the role and taking up it again for another series would be in part up to showrunner Lauren LeFranc.He said: “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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