
Zoë Kravitz joins Farrell and the “Twilight” star in “The Batman” as Selina Kyle-Catwoman. It’s the longest running time of any Batman movie, as well as one of the lengthiest for any comic book movie. The film also has a punishingly extended runtime - clocking in at almost three hours long. The “Seven Psychopaths” star revealed that his 12-year-old son Henry was “utterly horrified” when he first saw his dad in the Oswald Cobblepot costume. The upcoming superhero flick features Robert Pattinson putting on the Batsuit and stepping into the role of the Caped Crusader. He says, ‘Please dad, do not wear the short shorts,’ ” Farrell continued. “Short shorts are in now,” DeGeneres, 64, declared in a nod to his attire, to which Farrell responded, “My youngest son would disagree vehemently with you. Henry is also no fan of his dad’s real-life fashion choices, either.įarrell, a father of two, appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Monday and spoke about his affinity for running through Los Angeles while sporting short shorts. “When my kid saw me for the first time, he was utterly horrified.”
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I just felt like I had such license to inhabit a character in a way I had never been given,” Farrell jokingly recalled. “I just sparked my imagination and continued to every day that I went to work. ‘The Batman’ review: Bland and forgettable new Caped Crusader film we took six to eight hours just putting in the teeth for the first time, the wig, the bodysuit, the whole thing, and it was really powerful,” he told the entertainment program. In an interview with Extra, the “Winter’s Tale” thespian revealed that his son freaked out when he first saw his dad rock “The Batman” makeup and prosthetics. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collectionįarrell’s son Henry, 12, is apparently put off by the getup, too. Colin Farrell as the Penguin in “The Batman,” which will have a theatrical run beginning March 4. “I got a couple of stares but only because it’s such an imposing look,” he concluded.


“I went into Starbucks and ordered myself a very un-Oswald drink, an oat-milk latte with two stevia sweeteners,” the “Total Recall” star continued. And it was really fun.”Īpparently, the film’s designers succeeded. “The first day we tried the whole thing out, we took it for a drive, a spin metaphorically speaking,” Farrell recently told Collider of deciding to head out into the real world - specifically, Burbank, California - to see if the makeup was convincing enough. The Irish actor, 45, recounted a moment on set when he decided to get his caffeine fix at Starbucks - while still wearing his shocking, full-on prosthetics and costume. ‘Thirteen Lives’ review: Ho-hum Thai cave rescue film needs a heroĬolin Farrell fully transforms into the supervillain Oswald Cobblepot-Penguin for Matt Reeves’ upcoming DC Comics thriller “The Batman.” The true story behind ‘Thirteen Lives’ - and the hero cave diver who saved them Farrell was unrecognizable, thanks to Mike Marino’s incredible prosthetics and makeup.‘Banshees of Inisherin’ review: McDonagh film is nuts - and hystericalĭanny DeVito says his penguin was better than Colin Farrell’s in ‘The Batman’
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While the actor wasn’t super happy to see so many Italians being villains in the movie (with his family hailing from the country himself), he was pleased with Farrell’s performance in the film. I did it with The Penguin and loved it.ĭanny DeVito and Colin Farrell worked together in Disney’s live-action Dumbo ahead of the latter actor being cast as Oswald Cobblepot in The Batman. You take your hat off to anybody who sits in the makeup chair that long. But I feel like in terms of the performances, I thought Colin – who is a good buddy of mine – I think he did a great job in that. Of course there’s three Italians who are bad guys in it, the Falcones (laughs). I think it was a more edgy, serious, gangster-y Batman. Here’s what he thought about The Batman’s Penguin: Danny DeVito caught The Batman with his son in theaters, contributing to the DC film’s massive box office numbers.
