Colin Farrell has praised the script for the forthcoming DC comics adaptation The Batman, saying it is unlike any previous Batman adaptation.
The In Bruges star will play Batman villain The Penguin, a role which has previously been tackled by Danny DeVito.
There are certain words that are part of my internal lexicon and those words are Gotham City, Penguin, Joker, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Harvey Dent… all of those things.
It leans into it but it doesn’t borrow; it’s born of the mythology of that character, Bruce Wayne, Batman and Gotham.