Colin Farrell ‘Fought Valiantly for a Cigar’ as Penguin in ‘The Batman’ Despite Studio’s Smoking Ban

While Paul Dano’s take on The Riddler will be the Dark Knight’s primary foe in “The Batman,” at least one more iconic Batman villain will make an appearance in the film.

Colin Farrell is playing The Penguin, and early footage from the film shows the “In Bruges” star looking unrecognizable under layers of prosthetics.

But while Farrell looks very different than the way movie fans are used to seeing him, the character of The Penguin will look different as well.

The Penguin is in part best known for smoking cigars in the Batman comic books, but Farrell’s portrayal of him does not smoke.

But that was not for lack of trying on the actor’s part, despite Warner Bros.’ ban on smoking in a PG-13 movie.

(Disney similarly disallowed Emma Stone from smoking to play Cruella in its recent live-action movie.)In a recent interview with the YouTube channel “Jake’s Takes,

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