Colin Farrell has revealed that he wore his Penguin prosthetics from The Batman in public and wasn’t recognized while at a Starbucks.
The road to Colin Farrell’s role as the Penguin in The Batman has been an interesting one. The actor was originally rumored to be in the role before the director himself confirmed it. In the film’s first trailer the character is briefly seen but the actor was completely unrecognizable.
As time went on more and more news about The Penguin’s role in the film was made clear. Mainly, Colin Farrell’s version of the character will only have a small role in the film but will be returning for an HBO Max series. Regardless, fans and critics are still genuinely shocked that the actor looks so different in the role and it even fooled people before the first trailer.
In a recent interview with Collider, Colin Farrell recounted how, during the film’s production, he went into a Starbucks in full prosthetics and wasn’t recognized by anyone in the coffee shop:
“The first day we tried the whole thing out, we took it for a drive, a spin metaphorically speaking. We did it in Burbank. It took about six or eight hours. It was a team of ten or fifteen people. And it was really fun. I went into Starbucks and ordered myself a very un-Oswald drink, an oat milk late with two stevia sweeteners. I got a couple of stares but only because it’s such an imposing look. Mike (Marino) did so much of the work for me on this, so much of the heavy lifting.”
Here is the synopsis for The Batman:
Two years of stalking the streets as the Batman (Robert Pattinson), striking fear into the hearts of criminals, has led Bruce Wayne deep into the shadows of Gotham City. With only a few trusted allies — Alfred Pennyworth (Andy Serkis), Lt. James Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) — amongst the city’s corrupt network of officials and high-profile figures, the lone vigilante has established himself as the sole embodiment of vengeance amongst his fellow citizens.
When a killer targets Gotham’s elite with a series of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues sends the World’s Greatest Detective on an investigation into the underworld, where he encounters such characters as Selina Kyle/aka Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz), Oswald Cobblepot/aka the Penguin (Colin Farrell), Carmine Falcone (John Turturro), and Edward Nashton/aka the Riddler (Paul Dano). As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator’s plans becomes clear, Batman must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit, and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued Gotham City.
Directed by Matt Reeves, The Batman stars Robert Pattinson as the titular hero, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the Riddler, Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, John Turturro as Carmine Falcone, Peter Sarsgaard as Gil Colson, Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál, with Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, and Colin Farrell as the Penguin.
The Batman will hit theaters on March 4, 2022. Stay tuned for all the latest news on Colin Farrell’s role as the Penguin and be sure to subscribe to Heroic Hollywood’s YouTube channel for more original video content.
Source: Collider
