.Although Colin Farrell accepted reprise his task as Oswald "Oz" Cobb in HBO's The Penguin, the series was forced to modify the portion of the late crime manager Carmine Falcone, as played through John Turturro in The Batman. Right now, Turturro has advised that he declined the odds to return over objections to physical violence against females in The Penguin." I performed what I wished to with the part," mentioned Turturro throughout a meeting with Variety. "In the show, there was actually a great deal of physical violence towards women, and that's not my point." There was actually brutality versus ladies in The Batman at the same time, and also Turturro's Falcone was individually responsible for the murder of Annika Kosolov (Hana Hrzic), the best close friend of Selina Kyle/Catwoman (Zoe Kravitz). Falcone also chokes Selina onscreen during one of their settings together.When inquired about the film's picture of violence against girls, Turturro responded that, "It occurs off-screen. It is actually scarier that way." Annika's homicide performs take place off-screen, however Falcone putting his hands on Selina's neck was viewed by everyone.Mark Powerful stepped into the part of Falcone for hallucination sequences in The Penguin. While consulting with IGN, The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc recently mentioned that Turturro didn't come back due to a scheduling problem." John was just inaccessible to us," said LeFranc. "He had booking conflicts, as well as our company couldn't make it work, but truthfully, I'm so delighted that we carried Smudge Sturdy on. I presume he's actually excellent." As Turturro keep in minds, there is actually plenty of violence in The Batman-- both executed by as well as versus ladies. However, that doesn't disregard his role's activities in The Batman.The Penguin airs Sunday evenings on HBO and also Max.