John Turturro says he turned down The Penguin because 'there was a lot of violence towards women'

[hewontgo]

John Turturro gave a memorable performance as the cruel crime boss Carmine Falcone in 'The Batman,' but he declined to return for 'The Penguin,' now citing the series' 'violence towards women.' https://t.co/1j3n8VyiJU
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) October 24, 2024

For the upcoming spinoff series, The Penguin, "There was a lot of violence towards

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[quinnmorgendorf]

I tried to submit this yesterday - my first attempt at making a post! I'm sure I did it wrong 😭

Anyway I thought this was interesting since the scene where he tries to choke out Catwoman in the movie is pretty brutal. So maybe he realized he had a problem with it afterwards and didn’t want to do it again on the show, or

… he wanted more money than they were willing to pay him and now that the show is a hit he’s bitter about turning it down lol.

Either way idk why he’s revealing this now. He had a valid excuse for not doing the show since Severance was filming at the same time.

[aristobrit]

Seems like everything he's saying is the exact opposite of reality.

[neuers]

I think The Batman showed the violence a lot more than The Penguin has so far. At least regarding his character...

I mean, I respect it if he felt that way afterwards and didn't want to revisit it but after watching both the movie and the show it feels a little weird. I did like what Mark Strong did with the character and Carmine is dead anyway so, yeah whatever.

[ginainabottle]

does the violence happen off-screen or not on the batman? and on the penguin is off-screen as well? i'm confused lol

[bellyroomfan]

All of the violence his (if he had signed back on) character commits against women in The Penguin is off-screen. I honestly blocked out The Batman so I can't speak to the movie anymore.

[ginainabottle]

would you rec the show? i've been meaning to check but have no plans to watch the batman lol is it too graphic?

[queenursula]

In The Batman we actually see him trying to strangle women. The show just implies it/shows it after the fact.

[bellyroomfan]

I have to say that I am loving The Penguin even though I hated The Batman and I think a lot of that has to do with how they are choosing to depict their female characters. In The Batman, Selina Kyle felt like a mysterious hot girl with no character development. Whereas, in The Penguin, even during the first few episodes when we didn't know any real backstory on Sofia, the character felt a lot more nuanced. Violence, especially in comic book movies/tv shows, is par for the course, but it needs to be used in a way where it is important to the story and I think Penguin does a better job with it.

[radioepidemic__]

Oh well, let’s all watch Severance