Colin Farrell and Danny DeVito Talk About Playing Two Different Versions of The Penguin

Actors Colin Farrell and Danny DeVito, who both worked together on Tim Burton’s Dumbo in 2019, interviewed each other for the Variety Studios series Actors On Actors, where they spoke about playing two different versions of The Penguin (The Penguin and Batman Returns).

The pair discussed the backstory of their respective versions of the character, their different personalities, and the considerable makeup it took to transform into The Penguin.

The duo discussed their time working together in Tim Burton’s Dumbo, the painstaking process of transforming into the Penguin, and why Danny was initially confused by It’s Always Sunny.

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