THE PENGUIN Star Colin Farrell Confirms Return For THE BATMAN PART II And III; Weighs In On Devastating Finale

THE PENGUIN Star Colin Farrell Confirms Return For THE BATMAN PART II And III; Weighs In On Devastating Finale

Following last night's finale, The Penguin star Colin Farrell has confirmed that he will return as Oz Cobb for The Batman Part II and III...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 11, 2024 08:11 AM EST
Filed Under: The Batman

Well, are you still rooting for Oz?

The Penguin season finale, "A Great or Little Thing," saw Oz Cobb finally claw his way to the top of Gotham City's criminal underworld, but he left a lot of bodies on the ground to achieve his goals - including that of his protégé.

Victor met a tragic end when Oz decided it would be better to kill the young man who admired him so much than risk being made to look weak and vulnerable again after his love for his mother was used against him.

While chatting to THR about his character's shocking actions, star Colin Farrell explained why he believes Oz felt the need to remove Vic from his life for good.

"The areas that are gray are the most interesting areas to operate from, and I think certainty is death sometimes. You might have a clear idea on what a scene is about, but the clearest idea you should have in inhabiting a scene is how it may be played. The key word there is 'may,' and by adding that word, you’re still open to all the options that you might not have thought about, or that might be suggested to you, or might come up in the moment. So, for sure, right after Oz’s love for his mother was used against him and nearly brought him down, the idea of having somebody close enough that it would make him vulnerable is something he can’t really truck with. "

Farrell also confirms that he will reprise his role for Matt Reeves' The Batman Part II (but only for "five or six scenes"), while revealing that he's also signed on to appear in the final part of the planned trilogy.

"I signed up for three Batman films, but I didn’t know if I’d be in the second film. Matt Reeves is a brilliant writer and an extraordinary filmmaker, and what I’m most excited-slash-nervous about in the second film is not what Oz does — or what predicaments he finds himself in, or what moments of success he gets to experience — but what his voice is. How is his personality? It was forming and changing in the limited series, and, by the end of the eight episodes, it’s concretized into something else. There is a degree of almost delusion psychopathy present in the last scene. So how is that taken up in the second film? I was told I have five or six scenes. I don’t have any hopes or any expectations. I’m really an open book, and that’s the way I get excited by shit or not. I think sometimes actors, if they have a career that has a certain length of time, they sometimes get to make too many decisions. Which isn’t to say I won’t push back or argue or fight in Oz’s corner — I do believe I know him better than anyone now."

The final shot of the finale shows the Bat-Signal blasting into the night sky, suggesting that Oz's rise to power has finally caught the attention of the Dark Knight.

What did you make of The Penguin's final episode and the series overall? Let us know in the comments section.

The Penguin stars Colin Farrell (Oz Cobb), Cristin Milioti (Sofia Falcone), Rhenzy Feliz (Victor Aguilar), Michael Kelly (Johnny Viti), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Nadia Maroni), Deirdre O’Connell (Francis Cobb), Clancy Brown (Salvatore Maroni), James Madio (Milos Grapa), Scott Cohen (Luca Falcone), Michael Zegen (Alberto Falcone), Carmen Ejogo (Eve Karlo), and Theo Rossi (Dr. Julian Rush).

The eight-episode DC Studios drama series continues The Batman epic crime saga that filmmaker Matt Reeves began with Warner Bros. Pictures’ global blockbuster The Batman, and centers on the character played by Farrell in the film.

The series is executive produced by Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, Lauren LeFranc, who writes and serves as showrunner, Craig Zobel, who directs the first three episodes, and Bill Carraro. Based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Bill Finger, the show is produced by Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions and Dylan Clark Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where Reeves and 6th & Idaho are under an overall deal. Daniel Pipski also serves as executive producer.

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Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/11/2024, 8:30 AM
RIP Vic.
Fine actor, but the character will not be missed.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/11/2024, 8:31 AM
@Conquistador - Also as the writer didn't include *spoiler* in the title or body i don't feel the need to either.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 11/11/2024, 8:45 AM
Part of me struggles with how he can kill Vic but let Eve and his mother still live. They represent weakness. But you could argue that keeping those two alive is Oz’s selfishness in full display. Also, he can never fully let his mother go because he will never hear her say “I’m proud of you, you did good.”

And Eve can just pretend to be mommy for him and satisfy his fantasy.
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Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 8:59 AM
@MisterBones - That's some sick oedipus complex stuff right there!
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/11/2024, 9:08 AM
@MisterBones - " struggles with how he can kill Vic but let Eve and his mother still live"


This is what i bene saying on the other thread! She also betrayed him by giving up his location... not sure if i remember Oz finding out about this, but who else could he think it was.

MisterBones
MisterBones - 11/11/2024, 9:29 AM
@Conquistador - I actually don’t think that he knows. Maybe he will find out and that’s the end of Eve. Or he will respect her necessity to survive. It was an act of survival too.
The1st
The1st - 11/11/2024, 9:56 AM
@Conquistador - The women are kept out of a selfish narcissistic need for adulation and veneration, whereas Vic reminded him too much of himself and his own personal weakness imo. So...he let the past, and his dream of being a Rex Calabrese figure die. He literally killed it imo.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 8:57 AM
Give that man the best actor Emmy... NOW!!!

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Blastaar
Blastaar - 11/11/2024, 10:43 AM
@Nomis929 - I don't know about any of his other performances, but whatever got into him in this role to bring such character and gravitas, is on par with Heath Ledger's Joker.

YES, he absolutely deserves an Emmy, possibly along with the makeup crew and Cristine Milioti.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 10:57 AM
@Blastaar - I see Emmys all around for this show!
Blastaar
Blastaar - 11/12/2024, 2:17 PM
@Nomis929 - Yeah, the writing is pretty brilliant as well.
NodrickStripson
NodrickStripson - 11/11/2024, 9:04 AM
The smirk he gave before his guys took out Sofia and everyone else…. Sublime.
Farrell will win big for this.
Forthas
Forthas - 11/11/2024, 9:06 AM
I am curious about what other characters will carry over to the Batman films. Julian Rush (probably a member of the Court of Owls). I also expect that sleazy councilman to show up in future Batman films.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/11/2024, 9:30 AM
Sofia must have terrible hearing if she couldn't hear a car driving off before the cops came.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/11/2024, 6:09 PM
@soberchimera - maybe it was a tesla
DOOMSPEAKS
DOOMSPEAKS - 11/11/2024, 9:34 AM
The show was great! I was intrigued by it before it started because I was a fan of The Batman but didn’t really think the show was going to be anything special, more of a filler in between films. Boy was I wrong! RIP Vic! That was brutal! Oz is deranged! Glad Sofie survived and hopefully will play a role in the next film. Julian Rush is interesting, wonder if he’ll become a version of Crane or Strange. Only thing I wish they had done was have Bats be felt throughout the series. That’s my biggest complaint about the show.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/11/2024, 9:58 AM
@DOOMSPEAKS - I also thought it would be more of a filler story. Never in a million years did I think it would make Penguin one of Batman's greatest villains. Don't get me wrong, I always liked the character, but he never stood out to me compared to the likes of Joker, Ra's, Two-Face, Freeze, etc... This is the very first time Penguin felt like he could hold his own against those characters.
Forthas
Forthas - 11/11/2024, 10:06 AM
Top ten screen (television or film) Batman Villians
1) Joker (Heath Ledger)
2) Bane (Tom Hardy)
3) Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart)
4) Penguin (Colin Farrel)
5) Ras Al Ghul (Liam Neeson)
6) Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson)
7) Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy)
8) John Daggett (Ben Mendelsohn)
9) Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti)
10) Riddler (Paul Dano)
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 10:48 AM
@Forthas - Respect. But I have a different take...

1) Penguin (Colin Farrel)
2) Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy)
3) Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti)
4) Harvey Dent/2 Face (Aaron Eckhart)
5) Joker (Jack Nicholson)
7) Catwoman (Michelle Pfiffer)
8) Joker (Heath Ledger)
9) Ras Al Ghul (Liam Neeson)
10) Catwoman (Anne Hathaway)
Forthas
Forthas - 11/11/2024, 11:06 AM
@Nomis929 - Heath Ledger #8. I think you will be alone on an island with that one. I did not really give any consideration to Catwoman as I don't think of her as a pure villain. While not my choices...overall good list!
kider2
kider2 - 11/11/2024, 11:14 AM
@Nomis929 - no #6?
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 11:16 AM
@Forthas - Yeah I know.

I just preferred the more megalomaniacal,Over the top clown version from Nicholson.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 11:18 AM
@kider2 - accidentally deleted it editing the post.

6) Bane (Tom Hardy)
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/11/2024, 6:19 PM
@Forthas @Nomis929 -

1) Joker (Heath Ledger)
2) Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer)
3) Penguin (Colin Farrell)
4) Catwoman (Julie Newmar)
5) Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti)
6) King Tut (Victor Buono)
7) Bane (Tom Hardy)
8) Catwoman (Anne Hathaway)
9) Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie)
10) Penguin (Danny DeVito)
Forthas
Forthas - 11/11/2024, 6:27 PM
@ObserverIO - You lost me at King Tut!
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/11/2024, 6:32 PM
@Forthas - lol, thought I might. Seriously though, for as camp as that show was and as big as he plays King Tut, his performance was something else. It was like the Batman '66 version of Heath Ledger.
Forthas
Forthas - 11/11/2024, 6:44 PM
@ObserverIO -

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ObserverIO - 11/11/2024, 6:47 PM
@Forthas - but y'know, lighter and funnier and very much campier.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/11/2024, 9:38 PM
@ObserverIO - King Tut! Now that's "Old School"! I can dig it!
Blastaar
Blastaar - 11/12/2024, 2:25 PM
@Nomis929 - I actually would carbon copy most of your list except for, I'd put #1 Penguin(Collin Farrell)
#2 Joker(Heath Ledger) #3 Joker(Jack Nicholson).
Forthas
Forthas - 11/11/2024, 11:40 AM
It was cool to see Penguin dress up in the traditional Penguin tuxedo at the end and even had a top hat.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 11/11/2024, 7:47 PM
Not gonna lie....Love the series....dont wanna Penguin as the Lead villain for part II or III

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