Who Plays Penguin In The Batman
The actor who plays Penguin in The Batman movie is unrecognizable in the role, and the film has gone to great lengths to hide his identity. The Batman is the first installment in Matt Reeves' new trilogy, which will expand on the small screen with spinoff shows for Penguin and Gotham PD, presumably in the time following the events of the film. That means more crime and villainy are on the way, much to the chagrin of Batman.
Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin is one of Batman's oldest and most famous villains, often appearing in the comics and other mediums, though not much in live-action. Despite overseeing a cornerstone of Gotham's criminal underworld, most Batman stories have focused on other villains given Penguin's cartoony nature. So far, only two people have portrayed Penguin in live-action movies — the first being Burgess Meredith in 1966 in Batman: The Movie and Danny DeVito in Batman in 1989. Burgess appeared a few times as Penguin in the 1966 TV series as well, but after him, only Robin Lord Taylor has played Penguin in a live-action show, in Gotham. But thanks to The Batman, there's now a new incarnation on-screen.
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Colin Farrell plays Penguin in The Batman movie — despite looking nothing like the character that appears in the film. Farrell wears extensive makeup and prosthetics in The Batman in order to transform into The Penguin, including wearing a fatsuit to increase his size. The actor said the entire process took approximately four hours at the beginning but was eventually brought down to just two hours. And thankfully so, because now he's coming back as Penguin in his own spinoff series, and choosing to change his look into Penguin's every day on set would
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