Danny DeVito on Whether His or Colin Farrell’s Penguin Was Better: “So mine is a totally different character than in The Penguin with Colin”

Danny DeVito and Colin Farrell are just some of the actors who played the iconic Batman villain, Penguin, in live-action (the other being Burgess Meredith, who appeared in the Batman television series, and of course, Robin Lord Taylor, who played young Oswald in Gotham show).

Following The Penguin‘s finale, Colin Farrell was praised for his performance and will probably earn himself a Golden Globe nomination. But what does the iconic Penguin, Danny DeVito, think of Farrell’s performance as Oz?

In a recent interview, Danny DeVito explained how Farrell’s and his Penguin were quite different characters, but they both did the job well.

Oh, Colin’s giving me a run for my money. And it’s totally different. I’ve been watching it. I haven’t watched the whole thing, but I watched most of what was out… and you know, it’s really good.

I understand the trauma of going through, like, hours and hours of makeup, and you’re transforming yourself. It’s different with me, because wherever I go, I’m Oswald Cobblepot, you know, people could see me. You can’t hide me. You know what I mean, that kind of thing.

Colin could go anywhere he wants with that makeup and go sit in a restaurant. They wouldn’t go, ‘Hey it’s Colin Farrell, hey,’ you know, he doesn’t look anything like what he did in The Penguin. I mean, it’s hard to hide me, even with pounds of makeup as The Penguin.

But I think we both really do a substantially good job with Oswald from different angles. You know, mine had no Italian overtones of mafia or guns in that way. I was just the, you know, egomaniac trying to take over the city.

I was, you know, a misunderstood bird, a bird who cannot fly. So mine is a totally different character than in The Penguin with Colin, which is good. It’s good. Here you got a gangster penguin. It’s fine, and he’s doing a great job.

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If you recall, a few months earlier, Colin Farrell praised Danny DeVito:

And I love Danny [DeVito] of course, as the Penguin. I grew up watching Tim Burton’s films ,” continued Farrell. “But I go back with the show as well, to Adam West and Burgess Meredith, the first Penguin I ever saw.

You know, there are so many of them, who my favorite is, I don’t know. I have a soft spot for Michael Keaton because I was like, maybe 10 or 11 or 12 when I saw that, and I was just obsessed with it, you know?”

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