Colin Farrell had a prosthetic "penguin penis" for The Penguin. The 48-year-old actor is virtually unrecognisable as Oz Cobb in the new HBO series and he praised the extensive work put in by his make-up artist Mike Marino, who spent three hours a day on the star's transformation having previously done the same when he first played the role in 2022's The Batman. Colin told People magazine: "I had a bodysuit, so I was basically covered wrist to ankle.
Only things that were me were my hands and feet. Everything else, including ears, were pieces. Everything was covered.
" He went on: "If it wasn't for Mike's design, I'm telling you now, if it was just me with a f****** cigarette and a top hat and a bit of a limp and an umbrella that was a machine gun, we wouldn't have had the HBO show." Of a scene that required him to be naked, he added: "Marino is so twisted and brilliant. He was like, 'I made you a penguin penis.
'" "I said, 'Really? They're not even going to see it. I don't know if I want to walk on set with a penguin penis.' And he was like, 'No, no, no, dude.
It's detachable, it's Velcro. It's got a beak at the end of it.' So I had a penguin penis.
" The biggest part of the actor's bodysuit was around his shoulders and back. He explained: "That was kind of the anchor and it came up to the chin. And then the bodysuit would go under it.
They were nice enough to give me a hump as well." And despite the time and effort his look took every day, Colin was "never bored" because it inv.