Robert Pattinson cameo in “The Penguin”
Chronology
After the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, aka The Penguin, makes a play to take over the criminal underworld in Gotham. Aside from a bat signal in the final shot of the season finale, we never got ours. In this short video, IMDb tries to answer: Where the hell was Batman?. Colin Farrell fought hard to get his version of The Penguin to smoke a cigarette in The Batman (2022), but it didn’t work.
The DC Studios logo is set in a rainy Gotham alley
In his own series, however, the character is depicted as an occasional smoker who favors cigars. The umbrella falls and the logo changes to the Warner Bros. logo. Appearing on Graham Norton i gosti: Lady Gaga/Demi Moore/Colin Farrell/Richard Ayoade/Jack Savoretti (2024).
Where to start with Farrell
Perfectly captures the tone and mood. It’s gritty, gritty, and dark, but Farrell manages to capture the charm of Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano. There are similarities to the Sopranos, especially in tone. There’s a lot of dark going on in this opening sequence, but there are still comedic moments that fit the tone and don’t detract from it.
Amazing is the right word
It’s wonderful to see talented star actors take on roles like this, and the makeup/cgi or whatever they did to physically transform him into the Penguin not only passes the eye test, but it looks incredibly realistic. There’s always a risk that if the makeup job isn’t good enough or is just a little off, it could completely distract from the focus. In Penguin, it adds to his performance and the overall quality of the performance because it’s such a damn good job. And Farrell as an actor is completely immersed in this role.
Thanks to everyone involved in this project
I may be a little biased, because he was one of my favorite actors before this show, but I think this one gets him the accolades he deserves. I never tune into new shows right away because I like to watch episodes at a time, but I wanted to see how this one actually came out. It didn’t disappoint, in fact it surprised me.