Colin Farrell recently attended an exclusive press conference for ‘The Penguin,’ which premiered last month. According to Hindustan Times, he shared his experiences throughout the filming process that required him to put on prosthetics and heavy makeup during the event.
“The first makeup test we did, which was some years ago now, before the ‘Batman’ film…I walked into the soundstage in the middle of sunlight and I walked out at, like eight or nine o’clock that evening and the day was finished,” the actor recalled.
“There was costume, there was the people who were designing the bodysuit. There was art who did the teeth and there was somebody who was doing the hair and it was just extraordinary to see this village of people come together to bring this character to life.”
Playing Oz Cobb required Farrell to spend long hours on set as he had to wear prosthetics for his pockmarked skin, sagging chin and crooked nose as well as a fat suit. He was often the last one to leave the set because of these.
“It was the first time ever at work, as an actor, that I got in before the crew and I left after the crew,” the actor admitted. “Usually, actors have such an easy time. We get in after everyone, we leave before everyone, and we’re overpaid. But I was in before- we were in before everyone, we’d start at half four, five o’clock in the morning, and, uh, and we’d be leaving at nine or 10 o’clock at night.”
‘The Penguin’ arrived as a spinoff focused on Oz Cobb’s rise in Gotham’s criminal scene following Carmine Falcone’s death in ‘The Batman.’ Cristin Milioti joined Farrell in the cast as Sofia Falcone, who is also fighting for control of the underworld.
The most recent episode aired on Max last weekend. The remaining four episodes will be released weekly, with the finale set for November 10.
