The Penguin: this astonishing accessory that Colin Farrell wore in episode 1 – News Series
You missed it (and that's normal) but a surprising little detail slipped into a scene from the first episode of the series “The Penguin”. Warning, spoilers.
Warning, spoilers. It is advisable to have seen the first episode of “The Penguin” before continuing reading this article.
Currently broadcast on the MAX platform, The Penguin is the spin-off series from the film The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, and starring Robert Pattinson. This spin-off centers on the character of Oswald Cobb, aka the Penguin, already played by Colin Farrell, in the feature film released in 2022, who reprises his role in the series.
Created by Lauren LeFranc, the series takes place a few days after The Batman and chronicles Oz's rise in the criminal underworld of Gotham, and sits somewhere between The Sopranos and Marvel's Daredevil.
The Penguin is only just beginning its broadcast but the public and critics already seem convinced by this fiction and especially by Colin Farrell's performance as the Penguin. The Irish actor is unrecognizable as he wears a bodysuit and intense makeup that totally transforms him.
This amazing accessory for Colin Farrell as Penguin!
But he was also treated to an astonishing accessory for a nude scene! During an interview for PeopleColin Farrell revealed that artist Mike Marino, who shaped the actor's prosthetics and makeup to transform him into Penguin, made him a special item for a nude scene.
This is a sequence at the end of the first episode (at the 58th minute) in which Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) has captured and tortured Oz when she believes he is responsible for the death of her brother Alberto. The character is naked and tied up on a chair.
“Mike Marino is so twisted and brilliant”explains Colin Farrell, “He said to me, 'I made you a penis for the Penguin,' and I said, 'Really? The audience won't even see it. I don't know if I want to walk on set with a penis penguin'.”
The artist then explained to him that it was a Velcro accessory, therefore detachable. And the particularity of this fake penis and that he had put a little beak on the end. Obviously, this is not visible on screen, but knowing this information gives a completely different dynamic to this violent scene. We can only imagine the hilarious reaction of the other actors to Colin Farrell.
The series “The Penguin” is broadcast on the MAX platform.