Overview

• He praised the film’s operatic elements—its music, sets and Penguin’s menagerie—as giving him freedom to “go off the rails.”
• He recounted an initial five- to six-hour makeup routine reduced to 3½ hours each morning over 66 shooting days.
• He developed a daily on-set ritual of cooking pasta and meatballs between scenes to break up the long hours.
• He called co-star Michelle Pfeiffer a “goddess” and quipped that the Penguin was the one lustful on set.
• He affirmed he would reprise Oswald Cobblepot without hesitation if Tim Burton directs another Batman film.