Colin Farrell recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about Guy Ritchie‘s The Gentlemen. But, as you might imagine, the conversation turned to his upcoming role of The Penguin in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. While he was a bit hesitant to talk about his character in any detail, he did share his thoughts on the script, saying that it’s beautiful, dark, and moving:
“I’m in the process of talking to Matt Reeves, who’s the director, who wrote the script, and wrote a really beautiful, dark, moving script, really gorgeous. It’s all very hush hush, but it’s a really beautiful script that he wrote and he has a real love for it, Matt. So, we’re in the process of finishing designing the aesthetic of the character.”
It’ll be interesting to see how this version of Penguin turns out. I imagine he’ll end up being quite a sinister and dark individual.
The movie also stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne, Zoe Kravitz will play Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Paul Dano will play the Riddler, Jeffrey Wright will play Commissioner Gordon, Andy Serkis is set to play Alfred, and John Turturro has been cast in the role of Carmine Falcone. Peter Sarsgaard also has a mysterious role in the film.
There is so much we don’t know about the movie, but we do know that The Batman will be a noir-style film that will lean into Batman in his detective mode. The movie is scheduled to hit theaters on June 25th, 2021.