Yes, This is Collin Farrell as The Penguin in THE BATMAN
In case you were wondering, yes… the screenshot above from the first trailer of The Batman features Collin Farrell as The Penguin. It’s crazy, I know. The actor is completely unrecognizable!
When I watched the trailer for the first time I thought that had to be Penguin, but it looked nothing like Farrell! I took the theory to my friends, they said that there was no way it was Ferrell. I saw a bunch of people debating over it online, and then there was this tweet that was posted confirming that it was him. Incredible!
Farrell previously shared a bit of info regarding his role in the movie and while he might not have a big role, he will have some “tasty scenes.”
“It’s all exciting. To be a part of that universe and just there are certain words that are part of my internal lexicon: Gotham City, Penguin, Joker, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Harvey Dent, all these things.
“Tim Burton’s Batman was kind of my, no, I watched the Adam West TV show growing up actually as well. So Batman as a kid, yes very much, not in comic book form but the TV show I watched ardently when I was a child. And then in my teens I saw Burton’s version and loved it.
“And then obviously I was a huge fan of what Chris Nolan did with that world and how he brought it back to life and gave it an immediacy and a contemporary significance. So just to be part of, again that folklore, that mythology, is again really cool.
“I had only started it and I can’t wait to get back. The creation of it, the aesthetic of the character, has been fun and I really am so excited to get back and explore it. And I haven’t got that much to do. I have a certain amount in the film. I am not all over it by any means. But there are a couple of some tasty scenes I have in it and my creation and I can’t wait to get back. Yeah, I totally feel like it is something that I have not had the opportunity to explore before. It feels original and fun. But I am only at the start of the journey so I can’t wait to get back and really get into it.”
While The Penguin may not be “all over” the movie, we know that this first film is just the first in a possible trilogy that Reeves has teased in the past. So, this film could be setting up his character for a much bigger story in one of the future sequels.