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Colin Farrell, here in the series “The Penguin” on Max.
TV SERIES – End clap for The Penguin. This Monday, November 11, the first season of the series about Batman’s terrible enemy ended on HBO Max with the release of the final episode online, which features one of the most difficult scenes that have been asked to Colin Farrell to tour, as he told the press.
“ Honestly, I know it’s just an act. And boy, I’ve been doing this for quite a long time. You go home, take off your costume and go back to your life. But some scenes are more complicated than others », he confides to CNN.
“And I fucking hated it.”he adds in an interview for the specialized media Collider. “I hated that scene. I really hated her. I was so fucking pissed. When playing it, we felt it as we would like it to be felt when watching it. It was disgusting, cruel, absolutely insane, and I felt like Oz was reaching a point of no return. »
Warning, the rest of this article contains spoilers on a key scene from the final episode of The Penguin.
In the eighth episode, spectators witness the tragic disappearance of one of the characters of the series: Victor. The young boy, whom Oswald Cobblepot had taken under his wing, is murdered at the hands of the man he considered his own family. But he is too afraid of seeing his enemies use those close to him against him.
“I think by the end of the eight episodes, a certain degree of psychopathy had worked its way into his psychology”continues the interpreter of the villain, Colin Farrell. “And he commits (this act) without scruple, with absolute understanding and rationalization of why he is committing it. »
What next for The Penguin ?
As the Irish actor also told franceinforeading the script shocked him. He dreaded playing this scene. “ Every part of me, of Colin, resisted because there is a part of you that, no matter how dark the character you play and no matter how willing you are to swim in the waters of impossibility of any return in public affection, always wants the public to be open to the idea that you can redeem yourself “, he clarified to Collider.
There, that is no longer likely to happen. What announces an even darker sequel for the series? Thought like a mini-series, The Penguin ends with a victory for Oz and for the moment, no second season has been announced. But there are chances of finding the character of the Penguin in the next part of the adventures of Batman with Robert Pattinson at the cinema. The release date is set for September 30, 2026.
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