Executive Producer Dylan Clark Calls Colin Farrell "The Most Incredible Actor" in 'The Penguin' | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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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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00:00I've heard that there's been a lot of comparisons to The Sopranos recently.

00:04So what do you make of those kind of comparisons?

00:06I think HBO has a long list of great gangster shows.

00:09The Sopranos is one of them, of course, Wire.

00:14There's a ton of them.

00:15They've just been amazing.

00:17So to me, it's a way to do a gangster character at a place that's known for good gangster

00:23fare.

00:24But it really comes from the Batman movie and this great character that Oz and Matt

00:29created from the movie and that Lauren LaFranc detailed out in a limited series.

00:34Well, it's been incredible to see Colin Farrell transform into this role.

00:39What was it like seeing him back in this character?

00:43But also, what was your first thought when you first saw him kind of step into this character?

00:46I was amazed, of course, with the prosthetics.

00:48But I always see Colin behind the prosthetics.

00:51The way Mike's prosthetics work, you still see his facial movements.

00:55You still see his eyes.

00:56The soul of Colin Farrell is dark and deep and it broods out in amazing ways.

01:02He's just the most incredible actor.

01:05He also has no prosthetics on his hands.

01:07So every time I get a little lost in the prosthetics, I look down at his hands and I go, oh, that's

01:12Colin Farrell.

01:13But it really isn't his eyes.

01:14He gives such an amazing performance because he connects with those Colin Farrell eyes.

01:18Well, we first see him, of course, in the Batman.

01:21Was there any thought or did you ever consider having the Batman make any sort of appearance

01:26in this when you were first kind of developing this story?

01:29We always thought about that, but we really wanted to do a standalone series around Oz

01:34and then the characters that Lauren was writing, Sophia Falcone, Oz's mother, Francis, Vic.

01:40There were so many characters to explore that once we got deep into this run and these worlds

01:45and these arcs, it really wasn't meant for Batman.

01:49The movie's meant to see Bruce and Batman's point of view, and these shows are about these

01:55marquee, rogues gallery characters, their point of view.

01:59Kristen Milioti also really shines through in this.

02:01What makes her the perfect Sophia?

02:03Well, I think she's surprising.

02:04First, she knows this world very well.

02:07Gangsters.

02:08I tease her, she's from New Jersey.

02:09She must have some mob family connections deep down there.

02:12She felt very comfortable at the table doing tough talk.

02:16So that was one.

02:17But she's also just, what a hard worker.

02:20She just wanted to bring her A-game and she came prepared, and this is a really challenging

02:25part.

02:26It's physical, it's very psychological, and she's the one that goes toe-to-toe with Oz

02:30throughout.

02:31So it's really demanding.

02:33Also we know that the Batman sequel has been delayed to 2026.

02:37Can you share where we are in the development process?

02:39Do we have scripts out?

02:40We'll be shooting next year.

02:41We're excited to be shooting and can't wait to get back to Leavesden with our English

02:46crew and get going.

Executive Producer Dylan Clark Calls Colin Farrell "The Most Incredible Actor" in 'The Penguin' | THR Video

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