Colin Farrell Recalls The First Time He Saw What The Penguin’s Oz Would Look Like, And An F-Bomb Was Involved

Oz Cobb inside Gotham City courthouse in The Penguin.

Oswald “Oz” Cobb – of The Batman and its spinoff TV series, The Penguin, is one of the most distinctive-looking and engaging characters to ever grace a screen. So it’s wild to be reminded that in actuality, it’s just Colin Farrell under mountains of makeup and prosthetics. Farrell’s been real about “bitching and moaning” about the process of transforming into the character, but he really committed to the role, as evidenced by his 2025 Emmy nomination. Now, Farrell is recalling how he reacted upon seeing Matt Reeves’ OG rendering of OZ.