Rhenzy Feliz didn’t grow up the biggest comic-book fan; outside of , he only really became exposed to the superhero world via , which were “the coolest thing on the planet” to him. But following his TV debut in the underrated Hulu dramedy , Feliz’s biggest opportunities on the small screen have come in the form of shows set in sprawling superhero worlds: and now on HBO. In a cast of ruthless mob bosses and psychopathic killers, Feliz’s character stands out: a soft-eyed 17-year-old with a stutter who’s still mourning the family he lost in a flood (thanks to the Riddler in the 2022 film , which also first introduced iteration of the Penguin to this cinematic world).
But over the course of eight episodes, we’ve seen the influence of Farrell’s aspiring criminal kingpin Oz Cobb transform Victor Aguilar into a more confident and quick-thinking version of himself—and a more dangerous one, for better or worse. TIME spoke with Feliz about acting opposite Farrell, perfecting Vic’s stutter, and filming that finale scene this whole season has been building up to. Feliz: I think Colin and I got lucky.
He and I work in a pretty similar way. Victor and Oz are meeting each other on camera for the first time as well, and their relationship is growing, and that really resembled what me and Colin were going through: we met each other on set and our relationship grew as the show went on. As he and I got closer, so did Vic and Oz, and we got to play off that and use that same .
