Kelly Clarkson couldn’t believe the Penguin in “The Batman” was actually Colin Farrell after seeing a photo. The actor chatted to the singer on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” about his role as Oz in the much-talked-about flick.
As they showed a photo on screen, Clarkson literally jumped out of her seat, saying: “Wait, WHAT? I didn’t see that picture, oh my God.
I just heard that you were Penguin. What the hell? That person deserves to win awards,” she added, referring to the makeup artist Mike Marino. READ MORE: Colin Farrell Goes ‘Beyond Insanity’ On ‘Hot Ones’, Calls His Penguin Look For ‘The Batman’ ‘Liberating’ Farrell explained, “The first time I saw the makeup was when he [Marino] had done a mould of my face and I saw it on a screen—on Matt Reeves’ [‘The Batman’ director] screen. “He said, ‘Do you wanna see what Mike Marino’s done, what he thinks Oz is gonna look like?’ And I said, ‘Yeah,’ and he showed me the screen, and I just didn’t know it was going in that direction.” READ MORE: Colin Farrell Criticizes His Action Figure, Compares It With Patrick Stewart’s: ‘The Crotch is All Wrong’ Farrell continued, “I went, ‘Holy Smokes.’ I’d never done anything like that before.” Obviously a transformation like that doesn’t happen quickly.
The star shared, “At the start, [it took] four hours. And then they got it down to two, and it was fine ’cause I knew that the reward was immense.
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