Colin Farrell forced to work ’18 hour days’ as Penguin transformation wrecked skin
The 49-year-old said it took around three hours to turn into the Penguin.
Colin Farrell has spoken about why he could only go through the process of disappearing behind a pile of prosthetics and makeup for The Penguin every other day while filming.
Farrell was completely unrecognisable as the DC villain in the hit HBO series, after hours in the make-up chair every morning to transform into the gangster Oz Cobb.
The 49-year-old said it took around three hours to turn into the Penguin and he would run lines and listen to music to pass the time.
Farrell spoke about the transformation process in a new sit down interview with Danny DeVito – who also played the Penguin in Tim Burton’s 1992 film Batman Returns – for Variety.
Farrell explained the production would not let him work for two days in a row because his skin would start breaking out under the make-up and prosthetics designed by makeup artist Mike Marino.
He told DeVito: ‘I’d come in my pajamas every morning, because I just wasn’t willing to commit to wearing a pair of jeans.
Farrrell spent hours in the make-up chair every morning (Picture: BFA/Macall Polay/HBO Max/Alamy Stock Photo)
