As the new crime prince of Gotham City , you’d expect Colin Farrell to make grand claims about the DC Universe. After all, Farrell is not just the Penguin in the Matt Reeves Batman universe; he was in line to play Sgt. Rock in James Gunn’s DC Universe. Now, only one of those is happening, but the award-winning actor has big, boss-like things to say about each.

Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Farrell first has grand praise for the script to The Batman Part II, which will see the Penguin character continue beyond the hit HBO TV show. “I had so many thoughts and feelings to share with Matt about the script,” Farrell said on the podcast. “I really do think it’s a masterwork. Kind of a contemporary genre masterwork. It’s so brilliant and Robert [Pattinson] has got such a

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