Actor Colin Farrell shares his surreal experience transforming into The Penguin for the upcoming series, discussing the impact of makeup and costume on his identity and performance.

Colin Farrell as the villainous Penguin, renamed Oswald ‘Oz’ Cobb rather than Cobblepot, in 2022’s excellent The Batman was light years away from Burgess Meredith in the campy 60s TV series or Danny De Vito in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns.

When makeup designer Michael Marino sat down to transform actor Colin Farrell into the villainous comic-book bad guy Penguin, there was a lot happening on the drawing board. John Cazale’s Fredo from The Godfather was one inspiration. Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was another.