US EditionMargot Robbie Reveals Matt Reeves Stopped ‘Birds of Prey’ From Featuring Penguin: “So We Swapped It”
Matt Reeves reserved the Penguin character for his own projects, including 'The Batman' film series and HBO's 'The Penguin', influencing the villain change in 2020's 'Birds of Prey'.
- Recently, Margot Robbie revealed Matt Reeves asked Birds of Prey not to use the Penguin, saying `Don't use the Penguin. I'm going to use him in my thing.`
- Because Reeves planned to use the Penguin, he asked that the character not be used elsewhere, developing him within The Batman Epic Crime Saga and executive-producing HBO's The Penguin.
- Christina Hodson's first draft had the Penguin as Birds of Prey's villain, but the studio swapped him for Black Mask, portrayed by Ewan McGregor, and Robbie called the original version `amazing`.
- Birds of Prey nevertheless underperformed at the box office despite grossing $205 million worldwide, while Colin Farrell earned awards and is expected to reprise Oz Cobb next year in Reeves's The Batman: Part II.
- Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed production on The Batman Part II will begin in the spring, with the sequel scheduled for October 1, 2027; director Matt Reeves plans a trilogy centering the Penguin.
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Margot Robbie reveals ‘Birds of Prey’ cast Colin Farrell as villain in first draft
Margot Robbie has revealed that her path as Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey nearly crossed with Colin Farrell’s take on Oswald Cobblepot, long before the two shared the screen in their new film...
Harley Quinn and Penguin, played by Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, will meet in the romantic drama The Big Bold Beautiful Journey. It turns out that these DC villains could have crossed paths in the comic book movie Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), a 2020 film of dubious artistic merit directed by Cathy Yan. Robbie in an interview
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