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Without noesis of the molding list , it would be virtually unsufferable to name Colin Farrell as the actor playing Oz Cobb inThe Penguin . That ’s a acknowledgment to the incredible prosthetics and makeup employ to Farrell to complete the unrecognisable transmutation .
When crafting the character forThe Batman , director Matt Reeves focused on Oz ’s motivations over physical features . Reef sought inspiration from a specific lineament inThe Godfather .
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“ We talked a lot about Fredo , ” Reeves toldDeadline . “ We let the cat out of the bag about John Cazale inThe Godfatherand the thought of perchance trying to give him a penguin olfactory organ or doing something to kind of mess up Colin ’s aspect to get the good sense of somebody who ’d been overleap , somebody who had this ambition inside of him , but who was mocked and who had been wait down upon . ”
With the spirit of the character finalized , Reeves ’ attention turned to Oz ’s appearance . Enter prosthetics designer Mike Marino , whose pitch for Oz changed everything .
“ All of a sudden one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , Mike Marino say , ‘ Let me show you what I ’ve been working on , ' ” Reeves explained . “ Mike is an unbelievable creative person , and he did this sculpture . I ’m telling you , the sculpture was on the nose the way that Oz looks right now . It ’s incredible . And I was like , ‘ Wait , what ? ’ We had never said , ‘ Let ’s just take Colin and call on him into something that we ’ve never visualise before . ’ I said , ‘ this is Colin Farrell . I got to now say the studio apartment he ’s not going to look like Colin Farrell . ’ ”
Luckily for Reeves , HBO consider in the visual sensation and underpin Farrell ’s transformation from the get - go .
“ I was never nervous , ” said Sarah Aubrey , HBO Max ’s Head of Originals . “ We mystify an early glimpse of Colin ’s body of work as Oz inThe Batmanand recognize that this was a power plant performance … fierce , witty , vulnerable , diabolical . And all of that could be the jet fuel for an epic series . ”
apply a mountain of prosthetics and make-up hire clock time . Farrell told Jimmy Fallon that he spent three time of day in the make-up chairman every good morning to dally Oz . The strenuous physical process terminate up aid Farrell ’s performance , tolerate him to slip more easily into character .
“ When I face into the mirror for the first sentence and I saw Oz looking back , it was really hefty , ” Farrell said in the same Deadline interview . “ There ’s a form of essence of ownership . If you give yourself over to it , it severalize you so much . You start to move a different elbow room . You get to face a different room . You set forth to finger powerful . ”
The Penguinpremieres onHBOandMaxon September 19 .
