Published 10:34 IST, May 19th 2020

Colin Farrell 'cannot wait' to resume shooting for 'The Batman', expresses his excitement

Colin Farrell will star in The Batman as Oswald “Oz” Cobblepot also known as the Penguin. The actor says that he cannot wait to resume shooting and more

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upcoming superhero film, Batman has garnered much limelight. Directed by Matt Reeves, it stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne /Batman. shooting of film was on-going but has been put on a halt following coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic. Colin Farrell, who will play Oswald “Oz” Cobblepot /Penguin in movie, says that he cant wait to resume shooting. Re to kw more.

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Colin Farrell cant wait to resume shooting Batman

In an interview with a daily, Colin Farrell talked about Batman. He said that he h only started filming and cant wait to get back. He furr elaborated saying that  creation of it, aestic of character, has been fun and he is really so excited to get back and explore it. He revealed that he has t got that much to do. He has a certain amount of screen time in film. But he is t all over it by any means. But re are a couple of some “tasty scenes” he has in it and his creation and he cant wait to get back. Farrell stated that he totally feels like it is something that he has t h opportunity to explore before. It feels original and fun. But he is only at start of journey so he cant wait to get back and really get into it.

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Colin Farrell expressed his excitement on being a part of superhero universe. He said that it is all exciting. To be a part of that universe and just re are certain words that are part of his internal lexicon: Gotham City, Penguin, Joker, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Harvey Dent, all se things. actor mentioned that he watched am West TV show growing up. He liked Batman very much as a kid, t in comic book form but TV show he watched ardently when he was a child. He stated that in his teen he saw Tim Burton's version and loved it.

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Colin Farrell ded that he, obviously, was a huge fan of what Christopher lan did with that world. How he brought it back to life and gave it an immediacy and a contemporary significance. He mentioned that just to be part of, again that folklore, that mythology, is again really cool.

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Batman also features Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle / Catwoman, Paul Da as Edward Nashton / Riddler, Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, John Turturro as Carmine Falcone and Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth. It will reportedly focus on a younger Batman, emphasizing detective aspect of cape cruser more than his previous outings. film is currently scheduled to release on October 1, 2021.

10:34 IST, May 19th 2020