Colin Farrell Recalls The First Time He Saw What The Penguin’s Oz Would Look Like, And An F

Oswald “Oz” Cobb – of The Batman and its spinoff TV series, The Penguin , is one of the most distinctive-looking and engaging characters to ever grace a screen. So it’s wild to be reminded that in actuality, it’s just Colin Farrell under mountains of makeup and prosthetics. Farrell’s been real about “bitching and moaning” about the process of transforming into the character, but he really committed to the role, as evidenced by his 2025 Emmy nomination . Now, Farrell is recalling how he reacted upon seeing Matt Reeves’ OG rendering of OZ.

When it came to developing the world of The Batman , director and producer Matt Reeves wanted to create a universe that was true to the comics but also unique unto itself. Reeves’ take on Penguin isn’t the gentleman gangster of the comics, b