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Executive Producer Dylan Clark Calls Colin Farrell "The Most Incredible Actor" in 'The Penguin' | THR Video
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Executive producer Dylan Clark details seeing Colin Farrell transform with prosthetics in 'The Penguin' and says, "the soul of Colin Farrell is dark and deep." Plus, he reveals why they ultimately chose not to include Batman in this series.
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I've heard that there's been a lot of comparisons to The Sopranos recently.
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So what do you make of those kind of comparisons?
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I think HBO has a long list of great gangster shows.
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The Sopranos is one of them, of course, Wire.
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There's a ton of them.
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They've just been amazing.
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So to me, it's a way to do a gangster character at a place that's known for good gangster
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fare.
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But it really comes from the Batman movie and this great character that Oz and Matt
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created from the movie and that Lauren LaFranc detailed out in a limited series.
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Well, it's been incredible to see Colin Farrell transform into this role.
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What was it like seeing him back in this character?
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But also, what was your first thought when you first saw him kind of step into this character?
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I was amazed, of course, with the prosthetics.
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But I always see Colin behind the prosthetics.
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The way Mike's prosthetics work, you still see his facial movements.
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You still see his eyes.
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The soul of Colin Farrell is dark and deep and it broods out in amazing ways.
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He's just the most incredible actor.
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He also has no prosthetics on his hands.
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So every time I get a little lost in the prosthetics, I look down at his hands and I go, oh, that's
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Colin Farrell.
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But it really isn't his eyes.
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He gives such an amazing performance because he connects with those Colin Farrell eyes.
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Well, we first see him, of course, in the Batman.
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Was there any thought or did you ever consider having the Batman make any sort of appearance
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in this when you were first kind of developing this story?
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We always thought about that, but we really wanted to do a standalone series around Oz
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and then the characters that Lauren was writing, Sophia Falcone, Oz's mother, Francis, Vic.
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There were so many characters to explore that once we got deep into this run and these worlds
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and these arcs, it really wasn't meant for Batman.
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The movie's meant to see Bruce and Batman's point of view, and these shows are about these
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marquee, rogues gallery characters, their point of view.
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Kristen Milioti also really shines through in this.
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What makes her the perfect Sophia?
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Well, I think she's surprising.
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First, she knows this world very well.
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Gangsters.
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I tease her, she's from New Jersey.
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She must have some mob family connections deep down there.
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She felt very comfortable at the table doing tough talk.
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So that was one.
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But she's also just, what a hard worker.
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She just wanted to bring her A-game and she came prepared, and this is a really challenging
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part.
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It's physical, it's very psychological, and she's the one that goes toe-to-toe with Oz
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throughout.
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So it's really demanding.
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Also we know that the Batman sequel has been delayed to 2026.
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Can you share where we are in the development process?
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Do we have scripts out?
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We'll be shooting next year.
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We're excited to be shooting and can't wait to get back to Leavesden with our English
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crew and get going.
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